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dawn redwood

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met⋅a⋅se⋅quoi⋅a

[met-uh-si-kwoi-uh]
–noun
a tall deciduous coniferous tree, Metasequoia glyptostrobodes, first known as a fossil and then discovered alive in China.
Also called dawn redwood.


Origin:
< NL (1941), the genus name; see meta-, sequoia
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dawn redwood  
n.  A cone-bearing Chinese tree (Metasequoia glyptostroboides) related to the redwood, having deciduous, flat, opposite leaves and small, globular cones. It is now commonly cultivated in the United States.
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