Definition von thuja im Englisch Englisch wörterbuch
A genus of evergreen trees, thickly branched, remarkable for the distichous arrangement of their branches, and having scalelike, closely imbricated, or compressed leaves
[ 'thü-j&, 'thyü- ] (noun.) circa 1760. New Latin Thuja, from Medieval Latin thuia, a cedar, from Greek thyia, from thyein to sacrifice; more at THYME.