Metasequoia glyptostrodoides

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1.Metasequoia glyptostrodoides - 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 Chinadawn redwood, metasequoiagenus Metasequoia - genus of deciduous conifers comprising both living and fossil forms; 1 extant species: dawn redwood of China; variously classified as member of Pinaceae or Taxodiaceaeconifer, coniferous tree - any gymnospermous tree or shrub bearing cones