sequoia Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun either of two huge coniferous California trees that reach a height of 300 feet; sometimes placed in the Taxodiaceae
    redwood.

WordNet

Se*quoi"a noun
Etymology
NL. So called by Dr. Endlicher in honor of Sequoyah, who invented the Cherokee alphabet.
Definitions
  1. (Bot.) A genus of coniferous trees, consisting of two species, Sequoia Washingtoniana, syn. S. gigantea, the "big tree" of California, and S. sempervirens, the redwood, both of which attain an immense height.

Webster 1913