dawn redwood

dawn redwood

n. A coniferous Chinese tree (Metasequoia glyptostroboides) having deciduous, flat, opposite leaves and small globular cones. It is widely cultivated in North America and Europe.

dawn redwood

n (Plants) a deciduous conifer, Metasequoia glyptostroboides, native to China but planted in other regions as an ornamental tree: family Taxodiaceae. Until the 1940s it was known only as a fossil

met•a•se•quoi•a

(ˌmɛt ə sɪˈkwɔɪ ə)

n., pl. -quoi•as. a tall deciduous coniferous tree, Metasequoia glyptostroboides, of the bald cypress family, first known as a fossil and then discovered growing in China. Also called dawn redwood. [< New Latin (1941); see meta-, sequoia]

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dawn redwood - 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 Chinametasequoia, Metasequoia glyptostrodoidesgenus Metasequoia - genus of deciduous conifers comprising both living and fossil forms; 1 extant species: dawn redwood of China; variously classified as member of Pinaceae or Taxodiaceaeconifer, coniferous tree - any gymnospermous tree or shrub bearing cones