Sequoia

See also: sequoia, sequóia, and séquoia

Translingual

Etymology

New Latin, from Sequoyah (1760-1843), Cherokee man who invented a system of writing for his people's language, from Cherokee sikwayi, of unknown meaning and origin.

Proper noun

Sequoia f

A taxonomic genus within the family Cupressaceae – redwoods.

Hypernyms

(genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Plantae – kingdom; Viridiplantae – subkingdom; Streptophyta – infrakingdom; Embryophyta – superphylum; Tracheophyta – phylum; Spermatophytina - subphylum; Pinopsida - class; Pinidae - subclass; Pinales - order; Cupressaceae - family; Sequoioideae - subfamily

Hyponyms

(genus): Sequoia sempervirens - sole extant species

Derived terms

Sequoiadendron

References

Sequoia on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Sequoia on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Sequoia on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Sequoia at USDA Plants database

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