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Definitions for sequóia
sɪˈkwɔɪ əse·quói·a

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. sequoia, redwoodnoun

    either of two huge coniferous California trees that reach a height of 300 feet; sometimes placed in the Taxodiaceae

Wiktionary

  1. sequoianoun

    Sequoiadendron giganteum, a coniferous evergreen tree formerly in the genus Sequoia.

  2. sequoianoun

    Sequoia sempervirens, a coniferous evergreen tree, the only living species of the genus Sequoia.

  3. Etymology: From the genus Sequoia.

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  1. sequoia

    A sequoia is a type of large evergreen tree with needle-like leaves, belonging to the cypress family. There are three species, each known for their incredible height and ages that can span thousands of years. They are native to the western region of North America, specifically California and Oregon. The two most famous types are the Redwood and Giant Sequoia.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Sequoianoun

    a genus of coniferous trees, consisting of two species, Sequoia Washingtoniana, syn. S. gigantea, the "big tree" of California, and S. sempervirens, the redwood, both of which attain an immense height

  2. Etymology: [NL. So called by Dr. Endlicher in honor of Sequoyah, who invented the Cherokee alphabet.]

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Sequoia

    sē-kwoi′a, n. a small genus of gigantic evergreen coniferous trees belonging to California—Wellingtonia. [A Latinised form of the name of the Cherokee chief Sequoiah.]

U.S. National Library of Medicine

  1. Sequoia

    A plant genus of the family TAXODIACEAE known for including some of the tallest trees.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of sequóia in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of sequóia in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of sequóia in a Sentence

  1. Mark Ruggiero:

    Sequoia trees are a fire-adaptive tree, it’s important to have fire to have sequoias thrive, but when we get such intense fires even the sequoias can’t stand up to them.

  2. J. J. Fumas:

    Death is just a low chemical trick played on everybody except sequoia trees.

  3. Sam Hodder:

    This was the first time that the fire got big and hot enough to get into the crowns of multiple giant sequoia and kill them.

  4. Sam Hodder:

    A giant sequoia that was weakened by drought was then subject to impacts by the bark beetle, which then further weakened the tree and made it more susceptible to mortality from fire.

  5. Michael Goguen:

    This entire matter is purely personal and has no connection whatsoever to Sequoia or my years of work at Sequoia.

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