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GENUS METASEQUOIA
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
Genus of deciduous conifers comprising both living and fossil forms; 1 extant species: dawn redwood of China; variously classified as member of Pinaceae or Taxodiaceae
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("genus Metasequoia" is a kind of...):
gymnosperm genus (a genus of gymnosperms)
Meronyms (members of "genus Metasequoia"):
dawn redwood; metasequoia; Metasequoia glyptostrodoides (large fast-growing Chinese monoecious tree having flat bright-green deciduous leaves and small globular cones; commonly cultivated in United States as an ornamental; known as a fossil before being discovered in China)
Holonyms ("genus Metasequoia" is a member of...):
Cupressaceae; cypress family; family Cupressaceae (cypresses and junipers and many cedars)
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