資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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}.
Sequoiene \Se*quoi"["e]ne\, n. (Chem.)
A hydrocarbon ({C13H10}) obtained in white fluorescent
crystals, in the distillation products of the needles of the
California ``big tree'' ({Sequoia gigantea}).
資料來源 : WordNet®
Sequoia gigantea
n : extremely lofty evergreen of southern end of western
foothills of Sierra Nevada in California; largest living
organism [syn: {giant sequoia}, {big tree}, {Sierra
redwood}, {Sequoiadendron giganteum}, {Sequoia
Wellingtonia}]