sequoia

Everyday

1. A sequoia is a huge evergreen tree from California; it includes the giant sequoia and the coast redwood. tree →
2. Sequoias are among the biggest and oldest living things on Earth. tree →

In the lessons

In science, the giant sequoia General Sherman is the largest single tree by volume; coast redwoods are the tallest trees. Their thick bark helps them survive forest fires, and some cones only open after fire. Named after Sequoyah, a Cherokee man who made a writing system for his language.

Examples

• The sequoia was so wide we couldn't hug it, even with ten people. tree →
• Sequoias can live for thousands of years. tree →
• Their bark protects them from fire. tree →
• We saw giant sequoias in a national park in California. tree →
• A sequoia grows from a seed as small as a flake of oat. tree →
• Redwoods and sequoias are cousins. tree →

Note

Pronounced «suh-KWOY-uh». The word has all five vowels (a, e, i, o, u) — a fun spelling fact.