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dawn redwood

DEFINITIONS OF: dawn redwood

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n 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 glyptostrodoides, metasequoia
Type of:
conifer, coniferous tree
any gymnospermous tree or shrub bearing cones
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