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sequoia

noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • UK: /səˈkwɔɪ.ə/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • US: /sɪˈkwɔɪ.ə/
  • rhymes with -ɔɪ.ə
  • CMU ARPABET: S IH0 K W OY1 AH0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

Sequoiadendron giganteum, a coniferous evergreen tree formerly in the genus Sequoia, now placed in Sequoiadendron.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: error-lua-timeout

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

Sequoia sempervirens, a coniferous evergreen tree, the only living species of the genus Sequoia.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: error-lua-timeout

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Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

either of two huge coniferous California trees that reach a height of 300 feet; sometimes placed in the Taxodiaceae

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: redwood

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: cypress

Narrower terms: California redwood, coast redwood, Sequoia sempervirens, giant sequoia, big tree, Sierra redwood, Sequoiadendron giganteum, Sequoia gigantea, Sequoia Wellingtonia

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

28 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Armenian: սեկվոյա (sekvoya) — tree
  • Bulgarian: секвоя (sekvoja) — tree
  • Catalan: sequoia — tree
  • Chinese Mandarin: 紅杉 /红杉 (hóngshān) — tree
  • Czech: sekvoj — tree
  • Dutch: sequoia — tree
  • Dutch: reuzenpijnboom — tree
  • Finnish: punapuu — tree
  • French: séquoia — tree
  • German: Mammutbaum — tree
  • Greek: σεκόια (sekóia) — tree
  • Italian: sequoia — tree
  • Japanese: セコイア (sekoia) — tree
  • Occitan: sequòia — tree
  • Persian: سکویا (sekoyâ) — tree
  • Polish: sekwoja — tree
  • Portuguese: sequoia — tree
  • Portuguese: wellingtónia — tree
  • Romanian: sequoia — tree
  • Russian: секво́йя (sekvójja) — tree
  • Russian: кра́сное де́рево (krásnoje dérevo) — tree
  • Spanish: secuoya — tree
  • Swahili: sekwoya — tree
  • Swedish: sekvoja — tree
  • Swedish: rödvedsträd — tree
  • Volapük: gianasekvoyad — tree
  • Walloon: secoya — tree
  • Welsh: secwoia — tree