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THUJA: AFRICAN THUJA
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Thuja — Thu ja, n. [NL., from Gr. ? an African tree with sweet smelling wood.] (Bot.) A genus of evergreen trees, thickly branched, remarkable for the distichous arrangement of their branches, and having scalelike, closely imbricated, or compressed… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Thuja gigantea — Thuja Thu ja, n. [NL., from Gr. ? an African tree with sweet smelling wood.] (Bot.) A genus of evergreen trees, thickly branched, remarkable for the distichous arrangement of their branches, and having scalelike, closely imbricated, or compressed … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Thuja occidentalis — Thuja Thu ja, n. [NL., from Gr. ? an African tree with sweet smelling wood.] (Bot.) A genus of evergreen trees, thickly branched, remarkable for the distichous arrangement of their branches, and having scalelike, closely imbricated, or compressed … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
thuja oil — Thuja Thu ja, n. [NL., from Gr. ? an African tree with sweet smelling wood.] (Bot.) A genus of evergreen trees, thickly branched, remarkable for the distichous arrangement of their branches, and having scalelike, closely imbricated, or compressed … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Thuja articulata — Thyine wood Thy ine wood [Gr. ? ?, fr. ?, adj., pertaining to the tree ? or ?, an African tree with sweet smelling wood.] (Bot.) The fragrant and beautiful wood of a North African tree ({Callitris quadrivalvis}), formerly called {Thuja… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
thuja — /thooh jeuh/, n. 1. any tree of the genus Thuja, comprising the arborvitaes. 2. the wood of the sandarac tree. Also, thuya. [1750 60; < NL, ML thuia, < MGk thuía, for Gk thýa kind of African tree] * * * … Universalium
thuja — The fresh tops of T. occidentalis (family Pinaceae), an ornamental evergreen tree of eastern North America, a source of cedar leaf oil; has been used internally as an expectorant, emmenagogue, and anthelmintic, and externally as a mild… … Medical dictionary
thuja — [ θ(j)u:jə] (also thuya) noun an evergreen coniferous tree of a genus that includes the western red cedar. [Genus Thuja.] Origin mod. L. (genus name), from Gk thuia, denoting an African tree formerly in the genus … English new terms dictionary
thuja — thu•ja [[t]ˈθu dʒə[/t]] n. pl. jas 1) pln any tree of the genus Thuja, comprising the arborvitaes 2) the wood of the sandarac tree • Etymology: 1750–60; < NL, ML thuia, < MGk thuía, for Gk thýa kind of African tree … From formal English to slang
thuja — /ˈθjudʒə/ (say thyoohjuh) noun any of the evergreen coniferous trees constituting the genus Thuja, especially T. occidentalis, the common arbor vitae, which yields an aromatic oil. {New Latin, from Greek thyia African tree} …
Arbor vitae — Thuja Thu ja, n. [NL., from Gr. ? an African tree with sweet smelling wood.] (Bot.) A genus of evergreen trees, thickly branched, remarkable for the distichous arrangement of their branches, and having scalelike, closely imbricated, or compressed … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
