sequoia : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: sequoia	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for sequoia
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
sequoia n either of two huge coniferous California trees that reach a height of 300 feet; sometimes placed in the Taxodiaceae Synonym(s): sequoia, redwood
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Sequoia \Sequoi"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. {S. gigantea}, the [bd]big tree[b8] of California, and {S. sempervirens}, the redwood, both of which attain an immense height.