Sequoia

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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 WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  sequoia
       n : either of two huge coniferous California trees that reach a
           height of 300 feet; sometimes placed in the Taxodiaceae
           [syn: {redwood}]