Meaning of SEQUOIA
| Pronunciation: | | si'kwoyu
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| | Definition: | | [n] either of two huge coniferous California trees that reach a height of 300 feet; sometimes placed in the Taxodiaceae |
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| | Synonyms: | | redwood |
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| | See Also: | | big tree, California redwood, coast redwood, Cupressaceae, cypress, cypress family, family Cupressaceae, giant sequoia, Sequoia gigantea, Sequoia sempervirens, Sequoia Wellingtonia, Sequoiadendron giganteum, Sierra redwood | |
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| | Definition: | | \Se*quoi"a\, n. [NL. So called by Dr. Endlicher in honor
of Sequoyah, who invented the Cherokee alphabet.] (Bot.)
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.
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