giant sequoia

giant sequoia
noun Date: circa 1931 an evergreen tree (Sequoiadendron giganteum) of the bald cypress family that grows on the western slopes of the Sierra Nevada mountain range and sometimes exceeds 270 feet (about 82 meters) in height — called also big tree, sequoia

New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.

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  • giant sequoia — n. BIG TREE * * * ➡ redwood * * * …   Universalium

  • giant sequoia — n. BIG TREE …   English World dictionary

  • giant sequoia — didysis mamutmedis statusas T sritis vardynas apibrėžtis Taksodinių šeimos dekoratyvinis augalas (Sequoiadendron giganteum), paplitęs Kalifornijoje. atitikmenys: lot. Sequoiadendron giganteum angl. big tree sequoia; bigtree; giant redwood; giant… …   Lithuanian dictionary (lietuvių žodynas)

  • giant-sequoia — didysis mamutmedis statusas T sritis vardynas apibrėžtis Taksodinių šeimos dekoratyvinis augalas (Sequoiadendron giganteum), paplitęs Kalifornijoje. atitikmenys: lot. Sequoiadendron giganteum angl. big tree sequoia; bigtree; giant redwood; giant… …   Lithuanian dictionary (lietuvių žodynas)

  • giant sequoia — mamutmedis statusas T sritis vardynas apibrėžtis Taksodinių (Taxodiaceae) šeimos augalų gentis (Sequoiadendron). atitikmenys: lot. Sequoiadendron angl. big tree; giant sequoia; mammoth tree; wellingtonia vok. Mammutbaum; Wellingtonie rus.… …   Dekoratyvinių augalų vardynas

  • Giant Sequoia National Monument — Sequoia Bäume …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Giant Sequoia National Monument — Monument national Giant Sequoia Catégorie UICN III (monument naturel) Pays …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Giant Sequoia National Monument — Infobox Protected area | name = Giant Sequoia National Monument iucn category = III caption = locator x = 22 locator y = 86 location = Tulare, Fresno and Kern counties, California, USA nearest city = Porterville, CA lat degrees = 36 lat minutes …   Wikipedia

  • giant sequoia — noun extremely lofty evergreen of southern end of western foothills of Sierra Nevada in California; largest living organism • Syn: ↑big tree, ↑Sierra redwood, ↑Sequoiadendron giganteum, ↑Sequoia gigantea, ↑Sequoia Wellingtonia • Hypernyms:… …   Useful english dictionary

  • giant sequoia. — See big tree. [1930 35] * * * …   Universalium

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