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thuja

/ˈθu.jə/

thuja noun: a tree of the genus Thuja.

thuja: a tree of the genus Thuja
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Noun

thuja (plural thujas)

  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.2015, Rosemary Sullivan, Stalin's Daughter, →ISBN, page 305

Forms of thuja

pluralthujas

Origin of thuja

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

Questions about thuja

What does thuja mean?
Thuja means a tree of the genus Thuja.
What part of speech is thuja?
Thuja is a noun.
How do you pronounce thuja?
Thuja is pronounced /ˈθu.jə/.
What is the plural of thuja?
The plural of thuja is thujas.

Words near thuja in the dictionary

  1. thugs it out
  2. thugsta
  3. thugstas
  4. thugz
  5. Thuir
  6. thuja
  7. thujaplicin
  8. thujaplicins
  9. thujas
  10. thujene
  11. thujenes

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