sequoia English · revision 1031

+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: /səˈkwɔɪ.ə/ ''(UK)''; /sɪˈkwɔɪ.ə/ ''(US)''^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[bor|la-new|Sequoia]], the name of the genus,^(AHD)^(Barnhart 1995)^(Etymonline)^(MW Collegiate)^(RHWU) given in 1847 by the Austrian botanist Stephan Endlicher,^(Etymonline) apparently in honour of Sequoya (also called George Guess), the Cherokee who invented a system of writing for the Cherokee language.^(AHD)^(Barnhart 1995)^(Etymonline)^(MW Collegiate)^(RHWU) Endlicher never explained the name, and the connection with Sequoya is an assumption that some botanists have questioned.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The giant coniferous tree of California (1857 in Etymonline; 1866 in the OED and Merriam-Webster; 1869 in Barnhart).^(Etymonline)^(OED 1989)^(MW Collegiate)^(Barnhart 1995)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ Endlicher's genus name was first applied to the coast [[redwood]].^(Etymonline) The giant sequoia, unknown to science until 1852, had other names proposed for it, such as ''Wellingtonia'', given by the English botanist John Lindley in honour of the Duke of Wellington.^(Etymonline) The giant sequoia is now placed in a separate genus, ''Sequoiadendron''.^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 1847 – genus name ''Sequoia'' given by Endlicher.^(Etymonline)^(RHWU)

+ * 1857 – first English use (Etymonline).^(Etymonline)

+ * 1866 – the OED's first quotation.^(OED 1989)^(MW Collegiate)

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+ ==Modern meaning==

+ ===Noun===

+ # Either of two huge [[conifer|alt=coniferous]] trees of California with reddish bark, which may grow over 300 feet tall: the [[giant sequoia]] and the coast [[redwood]].^(AHD)^(MW Collegiate)^(RHWU)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[metasequoia]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[redwood]]

+ * [[giant sequoia]]

+ * [[wellingtonia]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}