Sequoia

sequoia sequóia séquoia Translingual thumb Etymology mul :der chr:ᏍᏏᏉᏯ la:sequor<alt:sequi> mul la-new -, from Sequoyah (1760–1843), Cherokee man who invented a system of writing for his people's language, from mul chr ᏍᏏᏉᏯ, of unknown meaning and origin. An etymological study published in 2012, however, concluded that the name was more likely to have originated from the mul la sequi to follow since the number of seeds per cone in the newly classified genus fell in mathematical sequence with the other four genera in the suborder. Proper noun 1 f genus family Cupressaceae redwoods Hypernyms genus ; Sequoioideae subfamily - subfamily Hyponyms genus Sequoia sempervirens species - sole extant species Derived terms Sequoiadendron genus References 1 1 1 SEQUO mul Pines mul taxonomic eponyms