HyperDic: genus_metasequoia

English > 1 sense of the expression genus Metasequoia:
NOUNplantgenus Metasequoiagenus of deciduous conifers comprising both living and fossil forms
English > genus Metasequoia: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
Meaninggenus of deciduous conifers comprising both living and fossil forms; 1 extant species: dawn redwood of China; variously classified as member of Pinaceae or Taxodiaceae.
Member ofCupressaceae, family Cupressaceae, cypress familycypresses and junipers and many cedars
Membersmetasequoia, dawn redwood, Metasequoia glyptostrodoideslarge fast-growing Chinese monoecious tree having flat bright-green deciduous leaves and small globular cones
Broadergymnosperm genusA genus of gymnosperms
Spanishgenus metasequoia
Catalangenus metasequoia

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