sequoia

See also Sequoia

English

lower trunk of Sequoia sempervirens

Etymology

From the genus Sequoia.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /səˈkwɔɪ.ə/, X-SAMPA: /s@"kwOI.@/

Noun

sequoia (plural sequoias)

1. Sequoiadendron giganteum, a coniferous evergreen tree formerly in the genus Sequoia, now placed in Sequoiadendron.
2. Sequoia sempervirens, a coniferous evergreen tree, the only living species of the genus Sequoia.

Synonyms

• (Sequoiadendron giganteum): giant sequoia, Sierra redwood
• (Sequoia sempervirens): redwood (in California), coast redwood, California redwood

Derived terms

• metaseqoia

Translations

tree

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 紅杉 (cmn), 红杉 (cmn) (hóngshān)

• Czech: sekvoj (cs) f
• Dutch: sequoia (nl), reuzenpijnboom (nl)
• Finnish: punapuu (fi)
• French: séquoia (fr) m
• German: Mammutbaum (de) m

• Japanese: セコイア (ja) (sekoia)
• Portuguese: sequóia (pt) f
• Romanian: sequoia (ro) m
• Russian: секвойя (ru) (sekvójja) f
• Spanish: secoya (es) f
• Swahili: sekwoya (sw)
• Volapük: gianasekvoyad (vo)

See also

• (Sequoiadendron giganteum): Wikipedia, Wikispecies, Wikimedia Commons
• (Sequoia sempervirens): Wikipedia, Wikispecies, Wikimedia Commons

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Italian

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Noun

sequoia f (plural sequoie)

1. sequoia (tree)