English noun: dawn redwood | |||
| 1. | dawn redwood (plant) large fast-growing Chinese monoecious tree having flat bright-green deciduous leaves and small globular cones; commonly cultivated in United States as an ornamental; known as a fossil before being discovered in China | ||
| Synonyms | metasequoia, Metasequoia glyptostrodoides | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | conifer, coniferous tree | ||
| Member meronym | genus Metasequoia | ||