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Webster 1913 Edition

Noun.

[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.

See also: sequoia, Sequoia, and séquoia

sequóia f (plural sequóias)

Superseded spelling of sequoia (used in Brazil from December 1971 until December 2008).