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Tsuga

noun

hemlock; hemlock fir; hemlock spruce

• Syn: ↑genus Tsuga

• Hypernyms: ↑gymnosperm genus

• Member Holonyms: ↑Pinaceae, ↑family Pinaceae, ↑pine family

• Member Meronyms: ↑hemlock, ↑hemlock tree

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\\ˈ(t)sügə\ noun

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from Japanese, larch

: a genus of Asiatic and No. American evergreen trees (family Pinaceae) comprising the hemlocks and being distinguished by drooping branches, linear leaves with persistent petiole bases, and reflexed cones

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Tsuga /tsooˈgə/

noun

The hemlock spruce genus

ORIGIN: Jap tsuga larch

Useful english dictionary. 2012.