metasequoia

[ met-uh-si-kwoi-uh ]
/ ˌmɛt ə sɪˈkwɔɪ ə /

noun

a tall deciduous coniferous tree, Metasequoia glyptostrobodes, first known as a fossil and then discovered alive in China.

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Also called dawn redwood.

Origin of metasequoia

< New Latin (1941), the genus name; see meta-, sequoia

Words nearby metasequoia

metapsychology, metarchon, metarteriole, metarubricyte, metascope, metasequoia, metasoma, metasomatism, metastable, metastasio, metastasis
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