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se·quoi·a 
[si-kwoi-uh] Pronunciation Key
[si-kwoi-uh] Pronunciation Key –noun
| either of two large coniferous trees of California, Sequoiadendron giganteum or Sequoia sempervirens, both having reddish bark and reaching heights of more than 300 ft. (91 m). |
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| red·wood
(rěd'wŏŏd') Pronunciation Key
n.
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| se·quoi·a
(sĭ-kwoi'ə) Pronunciation Key
n.
[New Latin Sequoia, genus name, after Sequoya.] |
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sequoia
sequoia
large American coniferous tree, 1866, from Mod.L., tree genus name given by Endlicher (1847), in honor of Sequoya (1760-1843), Cherokee man who invented a system of writing for his people's language, whose name is from Muskogean (Cherokee) Sikwayi. Popularly also called Wellingtonia, the name given by Lindley (1853).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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| sequoia | |
noun | |
| either of two huge coniferous California trees that reach a height of 300 feet; sometimes placed in the Taxodiaceae |
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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.
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