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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.
 

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).
 

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.
 

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]