noun
- a tall deciduous coniferous tree native to China, also known as the dawn redwood
Usage: botanical
Examples
- The metasequoia was thought to be extinct until living specimens were discovered in China in the 1940s.
- Our botanical garden has a beautiful metasequoia that turns bronze in autumn.
- The metasequoia can grow over 100 feet tall in ideal conditions.
- Unlike most conifers, the metasequoia loses its needles each winter.
- Scientists study metasequoia fossils to understand ancient climates.
- The park planted several metasequoia trees along the walking path.