sequoia
noun
se·quoia
si-ˈkwȯi-ə 
: either of two huge coniferous California trees of the bald cypress family that may reach a height of over 300 feet (90 meters):
a
b
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Rising near my door was one of the three sequoias planted by Arthur Hardy in 1852.
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Tony Perrottet, Travel + Leisure, 25 June 2024
The researchers were able to formulate their date estimate by recalibrating the curve using sequoia and oak samples of known age from this period.
—Taylor Nicioli, CNN, 26 June 2024
View More For his most recent project, Old Growth, the photographer Mitch Epstein traveled around the United States to document some of the country’s most ancient trees: big-leaf maples, eastern white pines, sequoias, redwoods, birches.
—Clint Smith, The Atlantic, 17 June 2024
Decades before the Fortune 500 came along, natural selection had identified most of the 49ers as business sequoias.
—Bygeoff Colvin, Fortune, 4 June 2024
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Tony Perrottet, Travel + Leisure, 25 June 2024
The researchers were able to formulate their date estimate by recalibrating the curve using sequoia and oak samples of known age from this period.
—Taylor Nicioli, CNN, 26 June 2024
View More For his most recent project, Old Growth, the photographer Mitch Epstein traveled around the United States to document some of the country’s most ancient trees: big-leaf maples, eastern white pines, sequoias, redwoods, birches.
—Clint Smith, The Atlantic, 17 June 2024
Decades before the Fortune 500 came along, natural selection had identified most of the 49ers as business sequoias.
—Bygeoff Colvin, Fortune, 4 June 2024
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sequoia
noun
se·quoia
si-ˈkwȯi-(y)ə
: either of two huge cone-bearing California trees that are related to the bald cypresses and may grow to a height of over 300 feet (90 meters):
a
b
: redwood
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