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 | | sequoia[sikwoi´u] Pronunciation Key, name for the redwood (Sequoia sempervirens) and for the big tree, or giant sequoia (Sequoiadendron giganteum), both huge, coniferous evergreen trees of the bald cypress family, and for extinct related species. |
 | | Although the sequoias are protected in Kings Canyon, Redwood, Sequoia, and Yosemite national parks and Giant Sequoia National Monument, their existence elsewhere is threatened by exploitation. |
 | | The sequoia is classified in the division Pinophyta, class Pinopsida, order Coniferales, family Taxodiaceae. |
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