noun
extremely lofty evergreen of southern end of western foothills of Sierra Nevada in California; largest living organism
• Syn: ↑big tree, ↑Sierra redwood, ↑Sequoiadendron giganteum, ↑Sequoia gigantea, ↑Sequoia Wellingtonia
• Member Holonyms: ↑Sequoiadendron, ↑genus Sequoiadendron
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noun, pl ⋯ -quoias [count]
: a very tall evergreen tree that grows in the western U.S. — called also sequoia
Useful english dictionary. 2012.