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giant sequoia

A very tall, coniferous evergreen tree (Sequoiadendron giganteum) native to the high western slopes of the Sierra Nevada in southern California and having a massive trunk and light-colored, reddish wood. Also called big tree, giant redwood.

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giant sequoia - extremely lofty evergreen of southern end of western foothills of Sierra Nevada in California; largest living organism

big tree, 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

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Some fraction of your life, however small, owes its existence to the oxygen produced by each champion tree in the 2006 National Register of Big Trees, from the 1,321-point giant sequoia in the Sierra Nevadas of California to the 25-point corkwood of Waccasassa Bay.

New champs in height and breath: General Sherman gets smaller, ... by Bronaugh, Whit / American Forests

The institute sprung from a 2004 gift of $22 million from USC alum Mark Stevens, partner at venture capital giant Sequoia Capital.

Tech transfer expert taking the leap from Boston to Los Angeles by Potkewitz, Hilary / Los Angeles Business Journal

And along the sands of Malibu, where 300-foot stands of Sequoia Sempervirens - not to be confused with their girthy Giant Sequoia cousins - could shade sun-baked board shorts and bikinis.

REDWOOD TREES ARE SO L.A. THERE'S MORE TO CITY'S TREE LINE THAN PALMS by Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)

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