metasequoia
noun
meta·se·quoia ˌme-tə-si-ˈkwȯi-ə 
: any of a genus (Metasequoia) of deciduous coniferous trees of the bald cypress family comprising one extant and various fossil forms having leaves, buds, and branches arranged oppositely and flat leaves resembling needles
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web Imagine a landscape where redwood-like metasequoias towered over the hills; slim alder-like trees, ginkgos and vines dwelled at the forest margins; and lush ferns, cycads and horsetails packed the swamps. 
Kate Siber, Alaska Dispatch News, 19 Aug. 2017
Kate Siber, Alaska Dispatch News, 19 Aug. 2017 Word History
Etymology
New Latin
First Known Use
1948, in the meaning defined above
- in spite of oneself
- in sport
- in springtime
- in sta
- in stages
- in stark contrast to
- in stark contrast with
- in stark/marked/sharp contrast with/to
- in statu nascendi
- in statu quo
- in step
- in stitches
- in stock
- in stone
- in storage
- in store
- in strength
- in strict confidence
- in strict/strictest confidence
- in strictest confidence
- in stride
- in striking contrast to
- in striking contrast to/with
- in striking contrast with
- in stud