Found 2 items, similar to sequoia.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: sequoia
sequoia
n : either of two huge coniferous California trees that reach a
height of 300 feet; sometimes placed in the Taxodiaceae
[syn:
redwood]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Sequoia
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.
S. gigantea, the
“big
tree” of California, and
S. sempervirens, the redwood,
both of which attain an immense height.
[1913 Webster]