Sequoia
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[edit] Translingual
[edit] Etymology
New Latin from Sequoyah (1760-1843), Cherokee man who invented a system of writing for his people's language, from Cherokee sikwayi, of unknown meaning and origin.
[edit] Proper noun
Sequoia
- (botany) a botanical name at the rank of genus. Circumscription and placement of the genus depend on taxonomic system and viewpoint. In the older literature this genus is assumed to have two species, but for the past few decades it is accepted as having only a single species - the redwood. Placement commonly is in family Taxodiaceae or, lately, in family Cupressaceae
[edit] Derived terms
[edit] See also
- Sequoia sempervirens
