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SEQUOIA WELLINGTONIA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Sequoia Wellingtonia mean?
• SEQUOIA WELLINGTONIA (noun)
The noun SEQUOIA WELLINGTONIA has 1 sense:
1. extremely lofty evergreen of southern end of western foothills of Sierra Nevada in California; largest living organism
Familiarity information: SEQUOIA WELLINGTONIA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Extremely lofty evergreen of southern end of western foothills of Sierra Nevada in California; largest living organism
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
big tree; giant sequoia; Sequoia gigantea; Sequoia Wellingtonia; Sequoiadendron giganteum; Sierra redwood
Hypernyms ("Sequoia Wellingtonia" is a kind of...):
redwood; sequoia (either of two huge coniferous California trees that reach a height of 300 feet; sometimes placed in the Taxodiaceae)
Holonyms ("Sequoia Wellingtonia" is a member of...):
genus Sequoiadendron; Sequoiadendron (giant sequoias; sometimes included in the genus Sequoia; until recently placed in the Taxodiaceae)
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