Tsuga

See also: tsuga

Translingual

Etymology

Japanese 栂 (tsuga)

Proper noun

Tsuga f

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Pinaceae – hemlocks, native to North America and much of eastern Eurasia, introcuded in Europe.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Plantae – kingdom; Viridiplantae – subkingdom; Streptophyta – infrakingdom; Embryophyta – superphylum; Tracheophyta – phylum; Spermatophytina – subphylum; Pinopsida – class; Pinidae – subclass; Pinales – order; Pinaceae – family

Hyponyms

• (genus): Tsuga sieboldii (southern Japanese hemlock) – type sprcies; Tsuga canadensis (Canadian hemlock), Tsuga caroliniana (Carolina hemlock), Tsuga chinensis (Chinese hemlock), Tsuga diversifolia (northern Japanese hemlock), Tsuga dumosa (Himalayan hemlock), Tsuga formosana (Chinese hemlock), Tsuga forrestii (Forrest hemlock), Tsuga heterophylla (western hemlock), Tsuga mertensiana (mountain hemlock) – other species

Derived terms

• Nothotsuga
• Pseudotsuga (Douglas firs)

References

• Tsuga on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Tsuga on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Tsuga on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Tsuga at Tropicos
• Tsuga at USDA Plants database
• Tsuga at Gymnosperms Database