| NOUN | plant | genus Metasequoia | genus of deciduous conifers comprising both living and fossil forms |
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| Meaning | genus of deciduous conifers comprising both living and fossil forms; 1 extant species: dawn redwood of China; variously classified as member of Pinaceae or Taxodiaceae. | |
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| Member of | Cupressaceae, family Cupressaceae, cypress family | cypresses and junipers and many cedars |
| Members | metasequoia, dawn redwood, Metasequoia glyptostrodoides | large fast-growing Chinese monoecious tree having flat bright-green deciduous leaves and small globular cones |
| Broader | gymnosperm genus | A genus of gymnosperms |
| Spanish | genus metasequoia | |
| Catalan | genus metasequoia | |
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