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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. extremely lofty evergreen of southern end of western foothills of Sierra Nevada in California; largest living organism;
[syn: giant sequoia, big tree, Sierra redwood, Sequoiadendron giganteum, Sequoia gigantea, Sequoia Wellingtonia]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Sequoia \Se*quoi"a\, 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]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Sequoiene \Se*quoi"ene\, n. (Chem.) A hydrocarbon (C13H10) obtained in white fluorescent crystals, in the distillation products of the needles of the California "big tree" (Sequoia gigantea). [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Wellingtonia \Wel`ling*to"ni*a\, n. [NL. So named after the Duke of Wellington.] (Bot.) A name given to the "big trees" (Sequoia gigantea) of California, and still used in England. See Sequoia. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

Sequoia gigantea n 1: extremely lofty evergreen of southern end of western foothills of Sierra Nevada in California; largest living organism [syn: giant sequoia, big tree, Sierra redwood, Sequoiadendron giganteum, Sequoia gigantea, Sequoia Wellingtonia]