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Wellingtonia
Welˊling-to′ni-a
,Noun.
[NL. So named after the Duke of
Wellington
.] (Bot.)
A name given to the “big trees” (
Sequoia gigantea
) of California, and still used in England. See Sequoia
. Definition 2024
wellingtonia
wellingtonia
English
Noun
wellingtonia (plural wellingtonias)
- (Britain) A large coniferous tree, Sequoiadendron giganteum, from California. [1852]
- Wellingtonia arnottiana, now Meliosma arnottiana [1840]