noun
- plural of metasequoia; large deciduous coniferous trees native to China, also known as dawn redwoods
Usage: botanical
Examples
- The metasequoias in the botanical garden are over fifty feet tall.
- Scientists thought metasequoias were extinct until living specimens were discovered in China.
- The park planted several metasequoias along the main pathway.
- Metasequoias are among the few conifers that lose their needles in winter.
- The fossil record shows that metasequoias once grew across much of the Northern Hemisphere.
- These metasequoias can live for hundreds of years in the right conditions.