Meanings
plural sequoias
- error lua timeoutSequoiadendron giganteum, a coniferous evergreen tree formerly in the genus Sequoia, now placed in Sequoiadendron.
Synonyms: giant sequoia, Sierra redwood
- error lua timeoutSequoia sempervirens, a coniferous evergreen tree, the only living species of the genus Sequoia.
Synonyms: redwood, coast redwood, California redwood
Synonyms & antonyms
nounSequoiadendron giganteum, a coniferous evergreen tree formerly in the genus Sequoia, now placed in Sequoiadendron.
nounSequoia sempervirens, a coniferous evergreen tree, the only living species of the genus Sequoia.
More synonyms by meaning
nounwood of either of two huge coniferous California trees that reach a height of 300 feet; sometimes placed in the Taxodiaceae
nouneither of two huge coniferous California trees that reach a height of 300 feet; sometimes placed in the Taxodiaceae
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- taxonomic nameSequoia
- taxonomic nameSequoia
- Englishsequoia
More words from taxonomic name
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian секвоя
- секвоя (sekvoja)tree
Catalan sequoia
- sequoiatree
Chinese Mandarin 紅杉 /红杉
- 紅杉 /红杉 (hóngshān)tree
Czech sekvoj
- sekvojtree
Dutch sequoia, reuzenpijnboom
- sequoiatree
- reuzenpijnboomtree
Finnish punapuu
- punapuutree
French séquoia
- séquoiatree
German Mammutbaum
- Mammutbaumtree
Greek σεκόια
- σεκόια (sekóia)tree
Italian sequoia
- sequoiatree
Japanese セコイア
- セコイア (sekoia)tree
Persian سکویا
- سکویا (sekoyâ)tree
Polish sekwoja
- sekwojatree
Portuguese sequoia, wellingtónia
- sequoiatree
- wellingtóniatree
Romanian sequoia
- sequoiatree
Russian секво́йя, кра́сное де́рево
- секво́йя (sekvójja)tree
- кра́сное де́рево (krásnoje dérevo)tree
Spanish secuoya
- secuoyatree
Swahili sekwoya
- sekwoyatree
Swedish sekvoja, rödvedsträd
- sekvojatree
- rödvedsträdtree
Welsh secwoia
- secwoiatree
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with sequoia
All rhymes →Cite this entry
sequoia. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sequoia
“sequoia.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sequoia. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “sequoia,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sequoia.
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