Thuja
Pronunciation : Thu"ja
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [NL., from Gr. (Bot.)
Definition : 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 vit? 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.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913