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Sequoia
Se-quoi′a
,Noun.
[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. Sequoia gigantea
, the “big tree” of California, and Sequoia sempervirens
, the redwood, both of which attain an immense height. Definition 2024
Sequoia
Sequoia
Translingual
Proper noun
Sequoia f
- A taxonomic genus within the family Cupressaceae – the redwood.
Hypernyms
- (genus): Plantae - kingdom; Tracheophyta - phylum; Pinophyta - division; Pinopsida - class; Pinales - order; Cupressaceae - family; Sequoioideae - subfamily
Hyponyms
- (genus): Sequoia sempervirens
Derived terms
sequoia
sequoia
English
lower trunk of Sequoia sempervirens
Noun
sequoia (plural sequoias)
- Sequoiadendron giganteum, a coniferous evergreen tree formerly in the genus Sequoia, now placed in Sequoiadendron.
- Sequoia sempervirens, a coniferous evergreen tree, the only living species of the genus Sequoia.
Synonyms
- (Sequoiadendron giganteum): giant sequoia, Sierra redwood
- (Sequoia sempervirens): redwood (in California), coast redwood, California redwood
Derived terms
Translations
tree
Portuguese
Alternative forms
- sequóia (superseded)
Noun
sequoia f (plural sequoias)
- (sequoia); redwood (Sequoia sempervirens, a very large coniferous tree of North America)