Thuja

//ˈθu.d͡ʒə// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A tree of the genus Thuja.

    "She walked among the thuja trees in the garden and wept: over the book, over her children, over her lost country."

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genus thuja

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"She walked among the thuja trees in the garden and wept: over the book, over her children, over her lost country."

Etymology

From taxonomic New Latin Thuja, from Ancient Greek θυία (thuía).

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