big tree

big tree

n.

See giant sequoia.

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big tree

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(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) a giant Californian coniferous tree, Sequoiadendron giganteum, with a wide tapering trunk and thick spongy bark: family Taxodiaceae. It often reaches a height of 90 metres Also called giant sequoia wellingtonia See also sequoia

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Noun

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big tree - extremely lofty evergreen of southern end of western foothills of Sierra Nevada in California; largest living organism giant sequoia, Sequoia gigantea, Sequoia Wellingtonia, Sequoiadendron giganteum, Sierra redwood sequoia, redwood - either of two huge coniferous California trees that reach a height of 300 feet; sometimes placed in the Taxodiaceae genus Sequoiadendron, Sequoiadendron - giant sequoias; sometimes included in the genus Sequoia; until recently placed in the Taxodiaceae