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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.