Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Sequoia"
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) 1.7 (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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