(n) Asiatic shrub or small tree widely planted in United States and Europe; in some classifications assigned to its own genus, Syn. Thuja orientalis, Platycladus orientalis
[ひば;ヒバ, hiba ; hiba] (n) (1) (See 檜) hinoki leaf; (2) (uk) (See 翌檜) hiba false arborvitae (species of cypress, Thujopsis dolabrata); (3) (uk) (See 矮鶏檜葉) small ornamental false cypress (i.e. a variety of hinoki or a related species)