Sequoia

See also sequoia

Translingual

Etymology

New Latin from Sequoyah (1760-1843), Cherokee man who invented a system of writing for his people's language, from Cherokee sikwayi, of unknown meaning and origin.

Wikipedia

Wikispecies

Proper noun

Sequoia

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Cupressaceae — the redwood.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Plantae - kingdom, Pinophyta - division, Pinopsida - class, Pinales - order, Cupressaceae - family, Sequoioideae - subfamily

Hyponyms

• (genus): Sequoia sempervirens

Derived terms

• sequoia
• metasequoia