sequoia
noun
se·quoia
si-ˈkwȯi-ə 
: either of two huge coniferous California trees of the bald cypress family that may reach a height of over 300 feet (90 meters):
a
b
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The musical, helmed by Tony Award-nominee Tina Landau with music by Kate Diaz, and lyrics by both, begins in earnest as our anxious motor mouth Jesse forges a relationship with the environment around her, determined to climb one of the massive sequoias.
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Shania Russell, EW.com, 14 Feb. 2025
Save the Redwoods League, founded in 1918, has protected more than 220,000 acres of redwood and sequoia forests over the last century.
—Paul Rogers, The Mercury News, 11 Feb. 2025
When not catastrophic, fires are part of regeneration for sequoias, many of which are between 250 and 300 feet tall.
—Gillian Brassil, Sacramento Bee, 30 May 2024
The sequoias measure, if passed as is through the farm bill, would grant authority to the existing Giant Sequoia Lands Coalition — a group of federal, tribal, state and local agencies and organizations — to oversee much of the process of protecting the groves.
—Gillian Brassil, Sacramento Bee, 30 May 2024
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Shania Russell, EW.com, 14 Feb. 2025
Save the Redwoods League, founded in 1918, has protected more than 220,000 acres of redwood and sequoia forests over the last century.
—Paul Rogers, The Mercury News, 11 Feb. 2025
When not catastrophic, fires are part of regeneration for sequoias, many of which are between 250 and 300 feet tall.
—Gillian Brassil, Sacramento Bee, 30 May 2024
The sequoias measure, if passed as is through the farm bill, would grant authority to the existing Giant Sequoia Lands Coalition — a group of federal, tribal, state and local agencies and organizations — to oversee much of the process of protecting the groves.
—Gillian Brassil, Sacramento Bee, 30 May 2024
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sequoia
noun
se·quoia
si-ˈkwȯi-(y)ə
: either of two huge cone-bearing California trees that are related to the bald cypresses and may grow to a height of over 300 feet (90 meters):
a
b
: redwood
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