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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024thu•ya (tho̅o̅′yə),USA pronunciation n. - Plant Biologythuja.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: thuya /ˈθuːjə/ n - a variant spelling of thuja
thu•ja (tho̅o̅′jə),USA pronunciation n. - Plant Biologyany tree of the genus Thuja, comprising the arborvitaes.
- the wood of the sandarac tree.
Also, thuya. - Medieval Greek thuía, for Greek thýa kind of African tree
- Neo-Latin, Medieval Latin thuia,
- 1750–60
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: thuja, thuya /ˈθuːjə/ n - any of various coniferous trees of the genus Thuja, of North America and East Asia, having scalelike leaves, small cones, and an aromatic wood: family Cupressaceae
Etymology: 18th Century: from New Latin, from Medieval Latin thuia, ultimately from Greek thua name of an African tree |