| / English Dictionary |
THUJA
| Pronunciation (US): |  | (GB): | |
I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Red cedar
Synonyms:
genus Thuja; Thuja
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Thuja" is a kind of...):
gymnosperm genus (a genus of gymnosperms)
Meronyms (members of "Thuja"):
canoe cedar; red cedar; Thuja plicata; western red cedar (large valuable arborvitae of northwestern United States)
American arborvitae; northern white cedar; Thuja occidentalis; white cedar (small evergreen of eastern North America having tiny scalelike leaves on flattened branchlets)
Oriental arborvitae; Platycladus orientalis; Thuja orientalis (Asiatic shrub or small tree widely planted in United States and Europe; in some classifications assigned to its own genus)
Holonyms ("Thuja" is a member of...):
Cupressaceae; cypress family; family Cupressaceae (cypresses and junipers and many cedars)
YOU MAY ALSO LIKE
