Sequoia
Sequoia , noun
[New Latin So called by Dr. Endlicher in honor of Sequoyah, who invented the Cherokee alphabet.]
(Botany) A genus of coniferous trees, consisting of two species, Sequoia Washingtoniana, syn. Sequoia gigantea, the “big tree” of California, and Sequoia sempervirens, the redwood, both of which attain an immense height.