sequoia
sequoia Lexical Profile
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American Either of two species of massive coniferous trees in the cypress family, native to the coastal regions and the Sierra Nevada of California, renowned for being among the tallest, largest, and oldest living organisms on Earth.
"We hiked through the national park in California, craning our necks to see the tops of the ancient sequoias towering above us."
Word Nuance & Usage
The term 'sequoia' broadly refers to both the coast redwood (Sequoia sempervirens) and the giant sequoia (Sequoiadendron giganteum), though in common parlance it often designates the latter, while the former is typically just called a 'redwood'.
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Word Origin & Etymology
Named in 1847 by Austrian botanist Stephan Endlicher, presumably in honor of Sequoyah (c. 1770–1843), the Cherokee polymath who invented the Cherokee syllabary.