tsuga

tsuga

See also: Tsuga

English

The foliage and cones of Tsuga mertensiana (mountain hemlock).

Etymology

Borrowing from Japanese 栂 (tsuga, “hemlock (tree)”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsuːɡə/

Noun

tsuga (plural tsugas)

1. Tsuga, a genus of conifers in the family Pinaceae. There are eight, nine, or ten species (depending on the authority), with four species occurring in North America and four to six in eastern Asia. Unlike poison hemlock (Conium), the various species of Tsuga are not poisonous.

Translations

the genus Tsuga

German: Hemlocktanne f, Schierlingstanne f

Volapük: tsug

Anagrams

• Gauts, Tagus, agust

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Japanese

Romanization

tsuga

1. Rōmaji transcription of つが

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Portuguese

Noun

tsuga m (plural tsugas)

1. tsuga (any conifer of the genus Tsuga)