sequoia

See also: Sequoia, sequóia, and séquoia

English

lower trunk of Sequoia sempervirens

Etymology

From Translingual Sequoia (“genus”).

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /səˈkwɔɪ.ə/

Noun

sequoia (plural sequoias)

Sequoiadendron giganteum, a coniferous evergreen tree formerly in the genus Sequoia, now placed in Sequoiadendron.
Sequoia sempervirens, a coniferous evergreen tree, the only living species of the genus Sequoia.

Synonyms

(Sequoiadendron giganteum): giant sequoia, Sierra redwood
(Sequoia sempervirens): redwood (in California), coast redwood, California redwood

Derived terms

metasequoia

Translations

tree

Armenian: սեկվոյա (hy) (sekvoya)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 紅杉 (zh), 红杉 (zh) (hóngshān)
Czech: sekvoj f
Dutch: sequoia (nl), reuzenpijnboom
Finnish: punapuu (fi)
French: séquoia (fr) m
German: Mammutbaum (de) m
Italian: sequoia (it) f
Japanese: セコイア (sekoia)
Occitan: sequòia f

Persian: سکویا‎‎ (sekoyá)
Polish: sekwoja (pl) f
Portuguese: sequoia (pt) f
Romanian: sequoia (ro) m
Russian: секво́йя (ru) f (sekvójja), кра́сное де́рево (ru) n (krásnoje dérevo)
Spanish: secoya f
Swahili: sekwoya
Volapük: gianasekvoyad
Walloon: secoya (wa) m
Welsh: secwoia f

References

Sequoiadendron giganteum on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Sequoiadendron giganteum on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Sequoiadendron giganteum on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Sequoia sempervirens on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Sequoia sempervirens on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Sequoia sempervirens on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

Italian

Noun

sequoia f (plural sequoie)

sequoia (tree)

Portuguese

Alternative forms

sequóia (superseded)

Noun

sequoia f (plural sequoias)

(sequoia); redwood (Sequoia sempervirens, a very large coniferous tree of North America)

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