tuya
/ˈtuʝa/ · A2 · noun · f
thuja
🌲 tuya = thuja with Spanish spelling: th→t, j→y, same tree
From Greek thuia, an aromatic cedar-like tree burned as incense. Spanish drops the h and writes the j-sound as y. Also a homograph of tuya (yours, feminine), so: the thuja is tuya.