(n) 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
(n) 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, Syn.dawn redwood, Metasequoia glyptostrodoides
(n) lofty evergreen of United States coastal foothills from Oregon to Big Sur; it flourishes in wet, rainy, foggy habitats, Syn.coast redwood, Sequoia sempervirens
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English (GCIDE) v.0.53
n. [ NL. So called by Dr. Endlicher in honor of Sequoyah, who invented the Cherokee alphabet. ] (Bot.) A genus of coniferous trees, consisting of two species, Sequoia Washingtoniana, syn. Sequoia gigantea, the “big tree” of California, and Sequoia sempervirens, the redwood, both of which attain an immense height. [ 1913 Webster ]
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