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Definition of Metasequoia
1. Noun. Large fast-growing Chinese monoecious tree having flat bright-green deciduous leaves and small globular cones; commonly cultivated in United States as an ornamental; known as a fossil before being discovered in China.
Group relationships: Genus Metasequoia
Generic synonyms: Conifer, Coniferous Tree
Definition of Metasequoia
1. Noun. The dawn redwood, a fast-growing deciduous conifer native to China. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Metasequoia
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Metasequoia
Literary usage of Metasequoia
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Calcutta Review by University of Calcutta (1844)
"Several such interesting plants like the so-called 'living fossils' (Ginkgo,
metasequoia, etc.), insectivorous fungi, minutest plants, largest leaves and ..."
2. Ecology and Conservation of the Marbled Murrelet by C. John Ralph (1997)
"... perhaps in the mid-Miocene when enormous dawn redwoods (metasequoia) blanketed
the coast from California to the north slope of Alaska and Aleutian ..."
3. Proceedings of the U. S. Geological Survey Global Change Research Forum edited by John A. Kelmelis, Mitchell Snow (1994)
"During middle Miocene time, forest vegetation included taxa such as Pinus, Tsuga,
metasequoia, Abies, Ulmus, Pterocarya, Carya, Ilex, and Diervilla. ..."
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