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  • adjective Of, pertaining to, or reminiscent of sequoia trees.

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sequoia +‎ -an

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  • The great sequoian timber belt lies along the Sierras, upon the first exposed mountain side -- moraines of recent retiring glaciers -- that face the Pacific, from Calaveras on the north to near the head of Deer Creek on the south -- a distance of 200 miles, or a little above 38 degrees north to a little below 36 degrees; altitude 5,000 to

    Scientific American Supplement, No. 365, December 30, 1882 Various

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