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THUJA

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Red cedar

Synonyms:

genus Thuja; Thuja

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

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)

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