Thuja

See also: thuja

Translingual

Thuja occidentalis, an arborvitae.

Alternative forms

• Thuia (obsolete)
• Thuya (obsolete)

Etymology

Irregular representation of Ancient Greek θυία (thuía), θύα (thúa), the name of an African tree now designated Tetraclinis articulata and known in English as the arar tree.

Proper noun

Thuja f

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Cupressaceae – thujas, coniferous trees in the cypress family.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Plantae – kingdom; Viridiplantae – subkingdom; Streptophyta – infrakingdom; Embryophyta – superphylum; Tracheophyta – phylum; Spermatophytina – subphylum; Pinopsida – class; Pinidae – subclass; Pinales – order; Cupressaceae – family; Cupressoideae – subfamily

Hyponyms

• (genus): Thuja occidentalis (northern whitecedar) – type species; Thuja koraiensis (Korean thuja), Thuja plicata (western redcedar), Thuja standishii (Japanese thuja), Thuja sutchuenensis (Sichuan thuja) – other species

Derived terms

• Thujopsis

References

• Thuja on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Thuja on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Thuja on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

German

Etymology

From taxonomic New Latin Thuja, from Ancient Greek θυία (thuía).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtuːja/

Noun

Thuja f (genitive Thuja, plural Thujen)

1. thuja

   Synonym: Lebensbaum

Declension

Declension of Thuja [feminine]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Thuja	die	Thujen
genitive	einer	der	Thuja	der	Thujen
dative	einer	der	Thuja	den	Thujen
accusative	eine	die	Thuja	die	Thujen

Further reading

• “Thuja” in Duden online
• “Thuja” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache