'Sequoia' definitions:

Definition of 'sequoia'

(from WordNet)
noun
Either of two huge coniferous California trees that reach a height of 300 feet; sometimes placed in the Taxodiaceae [syn: sequoia, redwood]

Definition of 'Sequoia'

From: GCIDE
  • Sequoia \Se*quoi"a\, n. [NL. So called by Dr. Endlicher in honor of Sequoyah, who invented the Cherokee alphabet.] (Bot.) A genus of coniferous trees, consisting of two species, Sequoia Washingtoniana, syn. Sequoia gigantea, the "big tree" of California, and Sequoia sempervirens, the redwood, both of which attain an immense height. [1913 Webster]