The Collaborative International Dictionary
Wellingtonia \Wel`ling*to"ni*a\, n. [NL. So named after the Duke of Wellington.] (Bot.) A name given to the ``big trees'' ( Sequoia gigantea) of California, and still used in England. See Sequoia.
Wiktionary
n. (context UK English) A large coniferous tree, ''Sequoiadendron giganteum'', from California.
Wikipedia
Wellingtonia can mean:
- A genus of plants in the family Sabiaceae, usually treated as a synonym of the genus Meliosma.
- A vernacular name for the coniferous tree Sequoiadendron giganteum.
- Wellingtonia (horse) was a thoroughbred racehorse in the late 19th century.
Usage examples of "wellingtonia".
Wellingtonia of the Yosemite, are really gigantic, attaining a height of 250 feet, their huge stems, the warm red of cedar wood, rising straight and branchless for a third of their height, their diameter from seven to fifteen feet, their shape that of a larch, but with the needles long and dark, and cones a foot long.
Despite the warmth, the cedars, wellingtonias and yews flanking the house were already full of orange leaves from the nearby horse chestnuts, and the ground was littered with conkers.