giant sequoia
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5.3
- noun
- /ˈdʒaɪənt sɪˈkwɔɪə/
- Specialized
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secuoya gigante
- The giant sequoia, known for its massive trunk, is often described as one of nature's wonders.
- grove of giant sequoias
- giant sequoia tree
On the western slopes of the Rocky Mountains, even as I speak, there lies rotting a giant Sequoia.
- On the western slopes of the Rocky Mountains, even as I speak, there lies rotting a giant Sequoia.
Examples
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Contemporary accounts by scientists and travelers devote at least as much time to describing the first encounter with the giant sequoias as to rhapsodizing about the domes and waterfalls of the Valley.
Academic text (2004) -
Trees were frequently personified as models of human greatness in mid-century culture, and descriptions of the giant sequoias frequently treat them as animate beings.
Academic text (2004) -
A giant sequoia has, like the elephant's foot, a wide, solid base compared with the base of a smaller tree.
Academic text (2006) -
One afternoon, we drove to the Mariposa Grove in the southernmost part of the park, hoping to see giant sequoia trees.
Academic text (1994) -
Take the whole week off and take the van to Sequoia National Park, which for those of you who don't know has the giant Sequoia trees which are the largest trees in the world.
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Giant sequoias, on the other hand, need sixty years for a generation because that's how long it takes them to produce cones with seeds.
Academic text (2006) -
Those who managed to return witnessed white settlers claiming the land, felling giant sequoias and building hotels and salons.
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(n1) Calaveras County was already known as the home of California's most legendary heroes: the giant sequoia trees.
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The giant sequoia is the largest tree species on Earth, towering over 300 feet tall.
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Visitors to Sequoia National Park can walk among ancient giant sequoias that have stood for thousands of years.
Synonyms
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3.6
A very tall evergreen tree from California with reddish bark that can live for many years
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3.5
A very tall evergreen tree from California, for example a giant sequoia
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7.8
A very large evergreen tree from California that grows to great heights
A very large evergreen tree in California that is the largest living plant by size
An extremely tall evergreen tree from California's Sierra Nevada that is the largest living thing by volume
A very tall evergreen tree that grows in the Sierra Nevada in California and can live for thousands of years
A very tall tree that stays green and can live for thousands of years
A very large tree from California that lives for thousands of years
How Big
Surface Forms
Morphology
The phrase combines an adjective 'giant' (very large) with a noun 'sequoia' (a type of massive redwood tree), so its meaning — a very large sequoia tree — is directly derivable from the constituents. This is a straightforward compositional noun phrase rather than an idiom, so a B1 learner who knows both words would readily understand it.
Etymology
Giant sequoia is a name that shows the tree is a giant among other trees and that it is a kind of sequoia found in California. So the name means 'a very large sequoia tree'.