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SEQUOIADENDRON

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Giant sequoias; sometimes included in the genus Sequoia; until recently placed in the Taxodiaceae

Synonyms:

genus Sequoiadendron; Sequoiadendron

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("Sequoiadendron" is a kind of...):

plant genus (a genus of plants)

Meronyms (members of "Sequoiadendron"):

big tree; giant sequoia; Sequoia gigantea; Sequoia Wellingtonia; Sequoiadendron giganteum; Sierra redwood (extremely lofty evergreen of southern end of western foothills of Sierra Nevada in California; largest living organism)

Holonyms ("Sequoiadendron" is a member of...):

Cupressaceae; cypress family; family Cupressaceae (cypresses and junipers and many cedars)

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