English noun: genus Metasequoia | |||
1. | genus Metasequoia (plant) genus of deciduous conifers comprising both living and fossil forms; 1 extant species: dawn redwood of China; variously classified as member of Pinaceae or Taxodiaceae | ||
Broader (hypernym) | gymnosperm genus | ||
Member holonym | dawn redwood, metasequoia, Metasequoia glyptostrodoides | ||
Member meronym | Cupressaceae, cypress family, family Cupressaceae | ||