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From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Se·quoi·a n.  Bot. A genus of coniferous trees, consisting of two species, Sequoia Washingtoniana, syn. Sequoia gigantea, the “big tree” of California, and Sequoia sempervirens, the redwood, both of which attain an immense height.
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From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Se·quoi·ene n. Chem. A hydrocarbon (C13H10) obtained in white fluorescent crystals, in the distillation products of the needles of the California “big tree” (Sequoia gigantea).
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From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Wel·ling·to·ni·a n.  Bot. A name given to the “big trees” (Sequoia gigantea) of California, and still used in England.  See Sequoia.
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From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 Sequoia gigantea
      n : extremely lofty evergreen of southern end of western
          foothills of Sierra Nevada in California; largest living
          organism [syn: giant sequoia, big tree, Sierra
           redwood, Sequoiadendron giganteum, Sequoia
           Wellingtonia]