Sequoia \Se*quoi"a\, n. [NL. So called by Dr. Endlicher in honor of Sequoyah, who invented the Cherokee alphabet.]

(Bot.) A genus of coniferous trees, consisting of two species, Sequoia Washingtoniana, syn. S. gigantea, the ``big tree'' of California, and S. sempervirens, the redwood, both of which attain an immense height.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)