1. 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
   "The metasequoia is often called the 'dawn redwood'"; "The Metasequoia glyptostrodoides is often called the 'dawn redwood'";
   - metasequoia, Metasequoia glyptostrodoides

Derived forms: dawn redwoods

Type of: conifer, coniferous tree

Part of: genus Metasequoia

Encyclopedia: Dawn redwood