Etymology

toona

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Today it means: A plant of the genus Toona; red cedar. Full definition →

translingual Toona ← Min Nan 椿
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  1. Min Nan · derived from椿
  2. translingual · borrowed fromToona
  3. English todaytoona

Borrowed from the genus name, translingual Toona, which is in turn from Min Nan 椿 (thun).

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