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Noun: Sequoia gigantea
  1. Extremely lofty evergreen of southern end of western foothills of Sierra Nevada in California; largest living organism
    "The General Sherman Sequoia gigantea is the world's largest tree by volume";
    - giant sequoia, big tree, Sierra redwood, Sequoiadendron giganteum, Sequoia Wellingtonia

Type of: redwood, sequoia

Part of: genus Sequoiadendron, Sequoiadendron

Encyclopedia: Sequoia gigantea,