big tree

[ big tree ]

noun

1. giant sequoia ( def ).

big tree

noun

1. See sequoia
   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 calledgiant sequoiawellingtonia See also sequoia

Word History and Origins

Origin of big tree¹

An Americanism dating back to 1850–55

Example Sentences

“Imagine you’re standing in front of a really big tree — one that’s so big you can’t even wrap your arms all the way around, and you look up the trunk,” Mildrexler says.

From Science News

Old, big trees are best at trapping climate-altering carbon dioxide, but they also speak to many people’s souls.

From Science News

The big tree, in Marley’s song, initially signified the stranglehold that two producers, Coxsone Dodd and Duke Reid, had on Jamaican music at the time.

From Eater

There are millions of fish that spawn here every year—these are rainforest salmon and they need those big trees to hold the streambanks stable and cool the water that they spawn in.

From Popular-Science

By sheer good fortune a big tree stump stood under the door of the freight car, or the children never could have opened it.

From Project Gutenberg

Here was one sister curled up happily against a big tree, setting tiny stitches into a very straight hem.

From Project Gutenberg

As for Cedric—so they had called the baby—they saw him playing beneath the big tree in front of the tent.

From Project Gutenberg

He was standing behind a big tree, reserving his fire for 340 an Indian who had been shouting filthy abuse at him.

From Project Gutenberg

The first shot knocked a big tree down in a timber yard, of all places, but did no further damage.

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