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Noun: genus Metasequoia
  1. Genus of deciduous conifers comprising both living and fossil forms; 1 extant species: dawn redwood of China; variously classified as member of Pinaceae or Taxodiaceae

Type of: gymnosperm genus

Part of: Cupressaceae, cypress family, family Cupressaceae