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n. - Large fast-growing Chinese monoecious tree having flat bright-green deciduous leaves and small globular cones.

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Usage examples (10)
  • There is or used to be a metasequoia near the old post office in Palo Alto, California.
  • Ainda está pouco polido, culpa do metasequoia, ou antes, culpa dos meus meros inícios no programa.
  • Ooh, I love the fact that you have a metasequoia - I never heard of them before - how neat, to have a tree that was thought to be extinct!
  • The name “metasequoia”, I believe, refers to the fact that the leaflets are opposite each other on the stem, as an illustration in the Wikipedia entry shows.
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