THUJA


Meaning of THUJA in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈthü-jə, ˈthyü- ]

noun

Etymology: New Latin Thuja, from Medieval Latin thuia, a cedar, from Greek thyia, from thyein to sacrifice — more at thyme

Date: circa 1760

: any of a genus ( Thuja ) of evergreen shrubs and trees (as an arborvitae) of the cypress family having scalelike closely imbricated or compressed leaves

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