GENUS SEQUOIA

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Meaning:

Redwoods; until recently considered a genus of a separate family Taxodiaceae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("genus Sequoia" is a kind of...):

gymnosperm genus (a genus of gymnosperms)

Meronyms (members of "genus Sequoia"):

California redwood; coast redwood; Sequoia sempervirens (lofty evergreen of United States coastal foothills from Oregon to Big Sur; it flourishes in wet, rainy, foggy habitats)

Holonyms ("genus Sequoia" is a member of...):

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