genus metasequoia

Noun
  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 (synset 111660314)
    is a type of: gymnosperm genus - a genus of gymnosperms
    member holonym: dawn redwood, metasequoia, metasequoia glyptostrodoides - 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
    belongs to: cupressaceae, cypress family, family cupressaceae - cypresses and junipers and many cedars

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