屬名，包含5種柏科（Cupressaceae）含樹脂的常綠觀賞植物和木材用針葉樹，是北美洲和東亞的原生種。此屬植物為單一門，且是羅漢柏的姊妹屬。側柏是喬木或灌木，通常為金字塔形，有著細薄、鱗片狀的外層樹皮和纖維狀的內層樹皮，樹枝呈水平或向上發展，以及代表性的扁平、頂端分叉的小樹枝系統。每根小樹枝都有四列細小、鱗片狀的樹葉。幼期葉比較長且呈針狀，部分種的幼期葉可能到了成年還保留下來。雄性和雌性的生殖構造（毬果）是長在同一棵樹上不同小樹枝的頂端，雄的毬果為圓形，呈紅色或黃色，雌的毬果非常小，呈綠色或有些許紫色調。它們通常稱為arborvitae（拉丁文「生命之樹」的意思）或thujas；該屬有些種類被稱為雪松（cedar），但並非真正的雪松屬（Cedrus）。

側柏屬(屬)　(P,,U,繁體中文-偏好,D,U,U)
崖柏屬(,U,繁體中文-非偏好,UF,U,U)
ts'e po shu (P,,U,韋氏拼音-偏好,UF,U,U)
cè bó shǔ (P,,U,漢語拼音-偏好,UF,U,U)
ce bo shu (P,,U,漢語拼音(無聲調)-偏好,UF,U,U)
Thuja(genus)　(P,,U,英文-偏好,D,U,N)
Thuja(genus)　(P,,U,拉丁語-偏好,D,U,N)
arborvitae(genus)　(,U,英文-非偏好,UF,U,U)
arbor-vitae(genus)　(,U,英文-非偏好,UF,U,N)
arbor vitae(genus)　(,U,英文-非偏好,UF,U,N)
árbol de la vida(genus)　(,U,西班牙語-非偏好,D,U,U)

藝術與建築詞典根目錄
....代理者層面
........活體有機體
............真核生物 (域)
................植物界 (界)
....................毬果門 (門)
........................松綱 (綱)
............................松杉目 (目)
................................柏科 (科)
....................................側柏屬 (屬)

source plant or animal for....

崖柏(木材)

英文....

Genus containing 5 species of resinous, evergreen ornamental and timber conifers of the cypress family (Cupressaceae), native to North America and eastern Asia. The genus is monophyletic and sister to Thujopsis or false arborvitae. Arborvitae are trees or shrubs, usually pyramidal in habit, with thin, scaling outer bark and fibrous inner bark, horizontal or ascending branches, and characteristically flattened, spraylike branchlet systems. Each branchlet has four rows of tiny, scalelike leaves. Juvenile leaves are much longer and needlelike and in some species may persist along with the mature foliage. Male and female reproductive structures (cones) are borne at the tips of different branchlets of the same tree, the male cones rounded and reddish or yellowish, the female very small and green or tinged with purple. They are commonly known as arborvitae (from Latin for tree of life) or thujas; several species are widely known as cedar but they are not true cedars (Cedrus).

側柏屬(屬)............	[AS-Academia Sinica]
.................	國家教育研究院－雙語詞彙、學術名詞暨辭書資訊網 June 18, 2014
崖柏屬............	[AS-Academia Sinica]
.................	國家教育研究院－雙語詞彙、學術名詞暨辭書資訊網 June 18, 2014
.................	大英百科全書線上繁體中文版 June 18, 2014
Thuja(genus)............	[VP]
.................	Encyclopedia of Life online (2008-)
.................	ITIS Report: Taxonomy online (2005-)
.................	Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)
arborvitae(genus)............	[VP]
.................	Oxford English Dictionary Online (2002-)
.................	Encyclopedia of Life online (2008-)
.................	Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)
arbor-vitae(genus)............	[VP]
.................	Dalimore and Jackson, Handbook of Coniferae (1923) 508
arbor vitae(genus)............	[VP]
.................	Brady and Clauser, Materials Handbook (1977) 791
árbol de la vida(genus)............	[VP]
.................	TAA database (2000-)

Getty AAT: 300343676 Getty AAT: http://www.getty.edu/vow/AATFullDisplay?find=costume&logic=AND¬e=&subjectid=300343676
聯合目錄： 側柏屬 、崖柏屬 、ts'e po shu 、cè bó shǔ 、ce bo shu 、Thuja 、arborvitae 、arbor-vitae 、arbor vitae 、Thuja 、árbol de la vida