sequoia
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of sequoia
An Americanism dating back to 1840–50; named after Sequoya
Example Sentences
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More dryads emerged from other trees; some were eight feet tall, their skin the soft cream brown of a sequoia, others the near black of the alder tree.
From Literature
As her dad liked to remind her, these giant sequoias had lived through the worst the world could throw at them for a hundred human generations, and they would live another hundred more.
From Literature
A blaze raging through the Sierra National Forest in Fresno County has burned through part of a large grove of giant sequoias, setting at least a few of the rare, towering trees on fire.
From Los Angeles Times
The lightning-sparked Garnet fire burning in Fresno County is threatening about 200 giant sequoias trees in a grove considered vulnerable to flames.
From Los Angeles Times
The Garnet fire burning in the Sierra National Forest in Fresno County has come within three miles of a stately grove of giant sequoias.
From Los Angeles Times
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