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sequoia |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Sequoia \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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: sequoia n : either of two huge coniferous California trees that reach a height of 300 feet; sometimes placed in the Taxodiaceae [syn: {redwood}]
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