sequoia (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 1 sense of the word *sequoia*:
NOUN	plant	sequoia, redwood	either of two huge coniferous California trees that reach a height of 300 feet

sequoia > pronunciation
Sounds	sihkwoy'ah
Rhymes	Goya ... soya: 6 rhymes with oyah...

English > *sequoia*: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
Meaning	Either of two huge coniferous California trees that reach a height of 300 feet; sometimes placed in the Taxodiaceae.
Synonym	redwood
Member of	Cupressaceae, family Cupressaceae, cypress family	cypresses and junipers and many cedars
Narrower	California redwood, coast redwood, Sequoia sempervirens	lofty evergreen of United States coastal foothills from Oregon to Big Sur
Narrower	giant sequoia, big tree, Sierra redwood, Sequoiadendron giganteum, Sequoia gigantea, Sequoia Wellingtonia	Extremely lofty evergreen of southern end of western foothills of Sierra Nevada in California
Broader	cypress	wood of any of various cypress trees especially of the genus Cupressus
Substances	redwood	The soft reddish wood of either of two species of sequoia trees
Spanish	secoya, secuoya, sequoia
Catalan	sequoia

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