SEQUOIA

Sequoia

Sequoia is a genus of redwood coniferous trees in the Sequoioideae subfamily, of the Cupressaceae family. The only extant species of the genus is the Sequoia sempervirens in the Northern California coastal forests ecoregion of Northern California and Southern Oregon in the United States. The two other genera, Sequoiadendron and Metasequoia, in the subfamily Sequoioideae are closely related to Sequoia. It includes the largest trees in the world.

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sequoia

Noun

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


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