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Sequoia gigantea definitions

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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: extremely lofty evergreen of southern end of western foothills of Sierra Nevada in California; largest living organism [syn: giant sequoia, big tree, Sierra redwood, Sequoiadendron giganteum, Sequoia gigantea, Sequoia Wellingtonia]

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Sequoiene Se*quoi"["e]ne, n. (Chem.) A hydrocarbon (C13H10) obtained in white fluorescent crystals, in the distillation products of the needles of the California ``big tree'' (Sequoia gigantea).