Editing Thuja plicata (section)

=== Etymology ===
The species name ''plicata'' derives from the Latin word {{wikt-lang|la|plico|plicāre}} and means 'folded in plaits' or 'braided,' a reference to the pattern of its small leaves.{{sfn|Stewart|1984|p=24}}

Most authorities, both in Canada<ref>British Columbia Forests & Range Tree Book: [http://www.for.gov.bc.ca/hfd/library/documents/treebook/westernredcedar.htm ''Thuja plicata''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100626073844/http://www.for.gov.bc.ca/hfd/library/documents/treebook/westernredcedar.htm|date=26 June 2010}}</ref><ref>British Columbia Tree Species Compendium [http://www.for.gov.bc.ca/hfp/silviculture/Compendium/WesternRedcedar.htm Western redcedar] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100618151538/http://www.for.gov.bc.ca/hfp/silviculture/Compendium/WesternRedcedar.htm|date=18 June 2010}}</ref> and the United States<ref name="Silvics" /><ref name="PLANTS" /><ref name="Tesky">{{FEIS|type=tree|genus=Thuja|species=plicata|last=Tesky|first=Julie L.|date=1992}} {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230813155144/https://www.fs.usda.gov/database/feis/plants/tree/thupli/all.html|date=13 August 2023}} {{source-attribution}}</ref> transliterate the English name in two words as 'western redcedar', or occasionally hyphenated as 'western red-cedar',{{sfn|Farjon|2005}} to indicate that it is not a true cedar (''[[Cedrus]]''), but it also appears as 'western red cedar' in some popular works. In the American [[horticultural]] trade, it is also known as the giant [[arborvitae]], by comparison with arborvitae for its close relative ''T.&nbsp;occidentalis''. Other names include giant red cedar, Pacific red cedar, shinglewood, [[British Columbia]] cedar (being the province's [[List of Canadian provincial and territorial symbols|official tree]]),<ref name="Arno" /> canoe cedar, and red cedar.<ref name="Gymnosperm" />{{sfn|Stewart|1984|p=22}} ''Arborvitae'' comes from the [[Latin]] for 'tree of life'; coincidentally, Native Americans of the West Coast also address the species as "long life maker".{{sfn|Stewart|1984|p=22}}

One endonymous name for the tree is the [[Halkomelem]] word '''xepá:y''',<ref>Dictionary of Upriver Halkomelem, Volume II pp. 1605. Galloway, Brent Douglas</ref> from the roots {{lang|hur|xíp}}, meaning 'scratch' or 'line', and {{lang|hur|á:y}}, 'bark';<ref>Dictionary of Upriver Halkomelem, Volume I pp. 996. Galloway, Brent Douglas</ref> the former root may be in reference to both the lined or "folded/braided" appearance of the bark and the tree's ubiquity in carving and other forms of woodwork. It is called '''x̱ápay̓ay''' in the [[Squamish language]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Duncan |first1=Rebecca |title=Indigenous Plant Guide: Sḵwx̱wú7mesh sníchim |url=https://museumofvancouver.ca/indigenous-plant-guide-in-squamish-language |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230319030718/https://museumofvancouver.ca/indigenous-plant-guide-in-squamish-language |archive-date=19 March 2023 |access-date=19 March 2023 |website=Museum of Vancouver |publisher=Sḵwx̱wú7mesh Úxwumixw}}</ref> Further south, in the [[Lushootseed|Lushootseed language]], the root for red cedar is '''x̌payʔ''' and '''x̌payʔac''' refers to a red cedar tree.<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Bates |first1=Dawn |title=Lushootseed Dictionary |last2=Hess |first2=Thom |last3=Hilbert |first3=Vi |publisher=University of Washington Press |year=1995 |location=Seattle |pages=600}}</ref>