2 definitions found for Metasequoia

metasequoia n 1: large fast-growing Chinese monoecious tree having flat bright-green deciduous leaves and small globular cones; commonly cultivated in United States as an ornamental; known as a fossil before being discovered in China [syn: metasequoia, dawn redwood, Metasequoia glyptostrodoides]

metasequoia noun Etymology: New Latin Date: 1948 any of a genus (Metasequoia) of deciduous coniferous trees of the bald cypress family comprising one extant and various fossil forms having leaves, buds, and branches arranged oppositely and flat leaves resembling needles