Definitions
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- noun Metasequioa, the dawn redwood, a fast-growing
deciduous conifer native toChina .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- 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
Etymologies
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The name “metasequoia”, I believe, refers to the fact that the leaflets are opposite each other on the stem, as an illustration in the Wikipedia entry shows.
Archive 2009-08-01 Jean 2009
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The name “metasequoia”, I believe, refers to the fact that the leaflets are opposite each other on the stem, as an illustration in the Wikipedia entry shows.
Jean's Knitting Jean 2009
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Ooh, I love the fact that you have a metasequoia - I never heard of them before - how neat, to have a tree that was thought to be extinct!
Jean's Knitting Jean 2009
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There is or used to be a metasequoia near the old post office in Palo Alto, California.
Jean's Knitting Jean 2009
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We spent ~3 hours digging and looking at all sorts of wonderful flora from the Bridge Creek Flora and came away with some nice specimens of metasequoia, alder, and sycamore leaves and wood prints.
Archive 2006-10-01 ScienceWoman 2006
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Ainda está pouco polido, culpa do metasequoia, ou antes, culpa dos meus meros inícios no programa.
... Artur 2007
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In the distance, through the mist, she could see little houses of bamboo and earth set in the midst of dark-green mountains covered in camphor trees, metasequoia, and tea bushes.
Wild Swans Jung Chang 1991
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In the distance, through the mist, she could see little houses of bamboo and earth set in the midst of dark-green mountains covered in camphor trees, metasequoia, and tea bushes.
Wild Swans Jung Chang 1991
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Fuzzarelly, I think it’s wonderful that you’ve got a Dawn Redwood a.k.a. metasequoia glyptostroboides, just like us.
Jean's Knitting Jean 2009
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Fuzzarelly, I think it’s wonderful that you’ve got a Dawn Redwood a.k.a. metasequoia glyptostroboides, just like us.
Archive 2009-08-01 Jean 2009
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