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Sequoia gigantea
(gcide) | 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.
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Sequoia gigantea
(gcide) | 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).
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Sequoia gigantea
(gcide) | 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.
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sequoia gigantea
(wn) | 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] |
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