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Sequoiadendron

noun

giant sequoias; sometimes included in the genus Sequoia; until recently placed in the Taxodiaceae

• Syn: ↑genus Sequoiadendron

• Hypernyms: ↑plant genus

• Member Holonyms: ↑Cupressaceae, ↑family Cupressaceae, ↑cypress family

• Member Meronyms: ↑giant sequoia, ↑big tree, ↑Sierra redwood, ↑Sequoiadendron giganteum, ↑Sequoia gigantea, ↑Sequoia Wellingtonia

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\\ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷|dendrən\ noun

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from Sequoia + -dendron

: a genus of coniferous trees (family Taxodiaceae) sometimes included in the genus Sequoia but distinguished by having all the leaves scalelike or awl-shaped and appressed and the winter buds naked — compare sequoia 1

Useful english dictionary. 2012.