sequoia

  • 21sequoia — noun /səˈkwɔɪ.ə/ a) , a coniferous evergreen tree formerly in the genus Sequoia. b) Sequoia sempervirens, a coniferous evergreen tree, the only living species of the genus Sequoia. Syn: giant sequoia, Sierra redwood, redwood, coast redwood,… …

    Wiktionary

  • 22Sequoia —    A sequoia is a giant conifer. Of its several varieties, the redwood tree is especially well known. These trees are the tallest living things on earth. The term sequoia was taken from the name of the Cherokee Indian who devised the Cherokee… …

    Dictionary of eponyms

  • 23Sequoia — sekvoja statusas T sritis vardynas apibrėžtis Taksodinių (Taxodiaceae) šeimos augalų gentis (Sequoia). atitikmenys: lot. Sequoia angl. redwood; sequoia vok. Ebensequoie; Mammutbaum; Sequoie rus. секвоя lenk. sekwoja …

    Dekoratyvinių augalų vardynas

  • 24sequoia — sekvoja statusas T sritis vardynas apibrėžtis Taksodinių (Taxodiaceae) šeimos augalų gentis (Sequoia). atitikmenys: lot. Sequoia angl. redwood; sequoia vok. Ebensequoie; Mammutbaum; Sequoie rus. секвоя lenk. sekwoja …

    Dekoratyvinių augalų vardynas

  • 25sequoia — UK [sɪˈkwɔɪə] / US noun [countable] Word forms sequoia : singular sequoia plural sequoias an extremely tall tree that grows in the US, especially in California …

    English dictionary

  • 26sequoia — /səˈkwɔɪə/ (say suh kwoyuh) noun 1. either of two related, extremely large coniferous trees of the south western US, the big tree, genus Sequoiadendron, and the redwood, genus Sequoia, both formerly included in the genus Sequoia. 2. a rounded,… …

  • 27sequoia — noun Etymology: New Latin, genus name, from Sequoya (George Guess) Date: circa 1866 either of two huge coniferous California trees of the bald cypress family that may reach a height of over 300 feet (90 meters): a. giant sequoia b. redwood 3a …

    New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 28Sequoia — Se|quo|ia 〈[ ja] f. 19〉 = Rotholz; oV Sequoie [nach dem amerikan. indian. Gelehrten Sequoya (engl. Name: George Guess); † 1843] * * * Se|quo|ia […ja], die; , s, Se|quo|ie […jə], die; , n [nach Sequoyah, dem Namen eines amerik. Indianerhäuptlings… …

    Universal-Lexikon

  • 29Sequoia — ID 77587 Symbol Key SEQUO Common Name redwood Family Cupressaceae Category Gymnosperm Division Coniferophyta US Nativity N/A US/NA Plant Yes State Distribution CA, OR Growth Habit N/A …

    USDA Plant Characteristics

  • 30sequoia — [sɪ kwɔɪə] noun a redwood tree, especially the California redwood. Origin from mod. L. Sequoia (genus name), from Sequoya, the name of the Cherokee Indian who invented the Cherokee syllabary …

    English new terms dictionary