genus Thuja

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Noun

1.genus Thuja - red cedar Thujagymnosperm genus - a genus of gymnospermsCupressaceae, cypress family, family Cupressaceae - cypresses and junipers and many cedarscanoe cedar, red cedar, Thuja plicata, western red cedar - large valuable arborvitae of northwestern United StatesAmerican arborvitae, northern white cedar, Thuja occidentalis, white cedar - small evergreen of eastern North America having tiny scalelike leaves on flattened branchletsOriental 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