se·quoia /sɪˈkwɔɪə/
美洲杉;水杉
Se·quoi·a n. 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
n : either of two huge coniferous California trees that reach a
height of 300 feet; sometimes placed in the Taxodiaceae
[syn: redwood]