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# sequoia

noun (a sequoia, sequoias)

«sequoia» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A sequoia is a huge evergreen tree from California; it includes the giant sequoia and the coast redwood. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sequoia/#m1)
2. Sequoias are among the biggest and oldest living things on Earth. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sequoia/#m2)

### In the lessons

In science, the giant sequoia General Sherman is the largest single tree by volume; coast redwoods are the tallest trees. Their thick bark helps them survive forest fires, and some cones only open after fire. Named after Sequoyah, a Cherokee man who made a writing system for his language.

### Examples

- The sequoia was so wide we couldn't hug it, even with ten people. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sequoia/#x1)
- Sequoias can live for thousands of years. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sequoia/#x2)
- Their bark protects them from fire. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sequoia/#x3)
- We saw giant sequoias in a national park in California. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sequoia/#x4)
- A sequoia grows from a seed as small as a flake of oat. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sequoia/#x5)
- Redwoods and sequoias are cousins. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sequoia/#x6)

### Note

Pronounced «suh-KWOY-uh». The word has all five vowels (a, e, i, o, u) — a fun spelling fact.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «sequoia» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sequoia/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«sequoia» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/sequoia.html) on Mova free.