thuja
noun
thu·ja ˈthü-jə 
ˈthyü-
: any of a genus (Thuja) of evergreen shrubs and trees (such as an arborvitae) of the cypress family that are native to North America and eastern Asia, have flattened branchlets with closely overlapping scalelike leaves, and include various dwarf horticultural cultivars
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web The ordinance also required them to completely remove from their property all acacia, bamboo, thuja, juniper, Italian cypress, gorse and four types of broom. 
Kathleen Pender, SFChronicle.com, 23 Nov. 2019
Kathleen Pender, SFChronicle.com, 23 Nov. 2019 Word History
Etymology
New Latin Thuja, from Medieval Latin thuia, a cedar, from Greek thyia, from thyein to sacrifice — more at thyme
First Known Use
1738, in the meaning defined above