| NOUN | plant | metasequoia, dawn redwood, Metasequoia glyptostrodoides | large fast-growing Chinese monoecious tree having flat bright-green deciduous leaves and small globular cones |
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| Meaning | large fast-growing Chinese monoecious tree having flat bright-green deciduous leaves and small globular cones; commonly cultivated in United States as an ornamental; known as a fossil before being discovered in China. | |
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| Synonyms | dawn redwood, Metasequoia glyptostrodoides | |
| Member of | genus Metasequoia | genus of deciduous conifers comprising both living and fossil forms |
| Broader | conifer, coniferous tree | Any gymnospermous tree or shrub bearing cones |
| Spanish | metasequoia | |
| Catalan | metasequoia | |
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