CALIFORNIA REDWOOD

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

Lofty evergreen of United States coastal foothills from Oregon to Big Sur; it flourishes in wet, rainy, foggy habitats

Synonyms:

California redwood; coast redwood; Sequoia sempervirens

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("California redwood" 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 ("California redwood" is a member of...):

genus Sequoia (redwoods; until recently considered a genus of a separate family Taxodiaceae)