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sequoia

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun sequoia has 1 sense

sequoia(n = noun.plant) redwood - either of two huge coniferous California trees that reach a height of 300 feet; sometimes placed in the Taxodiaceae; Array

is a member of cupressaceae, cypress family, family cupressaceae

is a kind of cypress

has particulars: california redwood, coast redwood, sequoia sempervirens, big tree, giant sequoia, sequoia gigantea, sequoia wellingtonia, sequoiadendron giganteum, sierra redwood

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CIDE DICTIONARY

sequoia, n. [NL. So called by Dr. Endlicher in honor of Sequoyah, who invented the Cherokee alphabet.].

A genus of coniferous trees, consisting of two species, Sequoia Washingtoniana, syn. S. gigantea, the “big tree” of California, and S. sempervirens, the redwood, both of which attain an immense height. [1913 Webster]

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OXFORD DICTIONARY

sequoia, n. a Californian evergreen coniferous tree, Sequoia sempervirens, of very great height.

Etymology

mod.L genus-name, f. Sequoiah, the name of a Cherokee

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