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sequoia
/sɪˈkwɔɪ.ə/
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sih-KWOY-uh: stress the middle syllable.
The qu sounds like kw, and the following vowel matches “boy.” The final a is a short, unstressed uh.
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“A giant sequoia stood beside the trail.”
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noun
- either of two huge coniferous California trees that reach a height of 300 feet; sometimes placed in the Taxodiaceae
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/sɪˈkwɔɪ.ə/
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In the ferruginous sandstones, associated with the carboniferous deposits of Spitzberg, the beech, the poplar, the magnolia, the plum tree, the sequoia, and numerous coniferous trees can be made out.