Category:Thuja

Thu"ja, n. Etym: [nl., from gr. (bot.)

Defn: a genus of evergreen trees, thickly branched, remarkable for The distichous arrangement of their branches, and having scalelike, Closely imbricated, or compressed leaves. [written also thuya.] See Thyine wood.

Note: thuja occidentalis is the arbor vitæ of the eastern and Northern united states. T. gigantea of north-waetern america is a Very large tree, there called red cedar, and canoe cedar, and Furnishes a useful timber.