Sequoia gigantea

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

Sequoia gigantea
    n 1: extremely lofty evergreen of southern end of western
         foothills of Sierra Nevada in California; largest living
         organism [syn: {giant sequoia}, {big tree}, {Sierra
         redwood}, {Sequoiadendron giganteum}, {Sequoia gigantea},
         {Sequoia Wellingtonia}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

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. {Sequoia gigantea}, the "big
   tree" of California, and {Sequoia sempervirens}, the redwood,
   both of which attain an immense height.
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from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Sequoiene \Se*quoi"ene\, n. (Chem.)
   A hydrocarbon ({C13H10}) obtained in white fluorescent
   crystals, in the distillation products of the needles of the
   California "big tree" ({Sequoia gigantea}).
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from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Wellingtonia \Wel`ling*to"ni*a\, n. [NL. So named after the Duke
   of Wellington.] (Bot.)
   A name given to the "big trees" ({Sequoia gigantea}) of
   California, and still used in England. See {Sequoia}.
   [1913 Webster]

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