sequoiadendron giganteum

Questions about sequoiadendron giganteum

What does sequoiadendron giganteum mean?

sequoiadendron giganteum means "extremely lofty evergreen of southern end of western foothills of Sierra Nevada in California; largest living organism".

What is another word for sequoiadendron giganteum?

Close synonyms include giant sequoia, big tree, Sierra redwood, Sequoia gigantea, Sequoia Wellingtonia. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is sequoiadendron giganteum a common word?

sequoiadendron giganteum is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.