Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

thuya

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: thuya
IPA

11

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

1

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any member of the genus Thuya.

Example Sentences

"Thuya, Ara, or Sandrac-tree, is probably the Arbor vitæ of Theophrastus: it is similar in leaf to the juniper, and, besides producing the gum sandrac, the wood is invaluable [...]."

Etymology

From the genus name.

Inflected Forms

thuyas (plural)

Questions

What does thuya mean?: Any member of the genus Thuya.
Where does thuya come from?: From the genus name.

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