metasequoia
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of metasequoia
First recorded in 1940–45; from New Latin; the genus name; see meta-, sequoia
Example Sentences
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The metasequoia, or dawn redwood, entered a sort of plant limbo in the darkness, neither growing nor showing visible signs of decline.
From Los Angeles Times • May 31, 2023
The 12-by-20-square-foot space was outfitted last summer with roughly 140 plants representative of the late Cretaceous: spiky palms, feathery metasequoia, frilly ferns.
From Los Angeles Times • May 31, 2023
Plant fossils may include ancestors of modern-day maples, oaks, alder, sycamore and metasequoia, a kind of pine tree.
From Seattle Times • May 15, 2023
Fossil plants from a metasequoia — an ancient coniferous tree, similar to the giant redwoods that grow in California today — indicate giant trees lined these beaches.
From Washington Post • Jul. 23, 2021
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