big tree

[ big tree ]

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noun

big tree

a giant Californian coniferous tree, Sequoiadendron giganteum , with a wide tapering trunk and thick spongy bark: family Taxodiaceae . It often reaches a height of 90 metres Also calledgiant sequoiawellingtonia See also sequoia

An Americanism dating back to 1850–55

By sheer good fortune a big tree stump stood under the door of the freight car, or the children never could have opened it.

Here was one sister curled up happily against a big tree, setting tiny stitches into a very straight hem.

As for Cedric—so they had called the baby—they saw him playing beneath the big tree in front of the tent.

He was standing behind a big tree, reserving his fire for 340 an Indian who had been shouting filthy abuse at him.

The first shot knocked a big tree down in a timber yard, of all places, but did no further damage.

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