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met•a•se•quoi•a
Pronunciation: (met"u-si-kwoi'u), [key]—
n.
a tall deciduous coniferous tree,
Metasequoia glyptostrobodes, first known as a fossil and then discovered alive in China. Also called
dawn redwood. Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.