big tree

/bɪg tri/
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Other forms: big trees

Definitions of big tree
  1. noun
    extremely lofty evergreen of southern end of western foothills of Sierra Nevada in California; largest living organism
    synonyms: Sequoia Wellingtonia, Sequoia gigantea, Sequoiadendron giganteum, Sierra redwood, giant sequoia
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    type of:
    redwood, sequoia
    either of two huge coniferous California trees that reach a height of 300 feet; sometimes placed in the Taxodiaceae
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