sequoia

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: se=quoi=a

CIDE DICTIONARY

sequoia, n. [NL. So called by Dr. Endlicher in honor of Sequoyah, who invented the Cherokee alphabet.].

 A genus of coniferous trees, consisting of two species, Sequoia Washingtoniana, syn. S. gigantea, the “big tree” of California, and S. sempervirens, the redwood, both of which attain an immense height.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

sequoia, n. a Californian evergreen coniferous tree, Sequoia sempervirens, of very great height.

Etymology

mod.L genus-name, f. Sequoiah, the name of a Cherokee