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Definition of: sequoia
(si·kwoi′ə) noun
One of a genus (Sequoia) of gigantic trees (family Taxodiaceae) of the western United States, including only two species, the redwood (S. sempervirens) and the mammoth or “big” tree (S. gigantea or Sequoiadendron giganteum), both natives of California. [<NL, after Sikwayi, 1770?–1843, a half–breed Cherokee Indian who invented the Cherokee alphabet]
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