sequoia

English

lower trunk of Sequoia sempervirens

Etymology

From the genus Sequoia.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

sequoia (plural sequoias)

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

See also

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

Translations

tree

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) Portuguese: sequóia (pt) f. Romanian: sequoia (ro) m. Russian: секвойя (ru) (s'ekvójja) f. Spanish: secoya (es) f. Swahili: sekwoya (sw)

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Italian

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Noun

sequoia f. (plural sequoie)

1. sequoia (tree)