Wellingtonia

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

  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]