Thuja
See also: thuja
Translingual
Thuja occidentalis, the arborvitae.
Wikispecies
Alternative forms
- 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
- 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 koraiensis, Thuja occidentalis, Thuja plicata, Thuja standishii, Thuja sutchuenensis - species