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Known as a fossil before being discovered in China
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metasequoia
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Metasequoia ( dawn redwood ) is a fast-growing, deciduous tree, and the sole living species, Metasequoia glyptostroboides , is one of three species of conifers known as redwoods. It is native to Lichuan county in the Hubei province of China . Although the ...
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n. large fast-growing Chinese monoecious tree having flat bright-green deciduous leaves and small globular cones; commonly cultivated in United States as an ornamental; known as a fossil before being discovered in China [syn: dawn redwood , Metasequoia ...
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n. (taxlink Metasequioa genus noshow=1), the (vern: dawn redwood), a fast-growing deciduous conifer native to China.
Usage examples of metasequoia.
He stared out over the flood plain, with its scattered stands of ancestral sycamore and gum, metasequoia and cypress.
There were monkey-puzzle trees that reached almost five hundred feet in height, giant magnolias and sycamores, metasequoias, huge palms, and giant tree ferns.