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Definition of dawn redwood in English: dawn redwoodnoun A coniferous tree with deciduous needles, known only as a fossil until it was found growing in south-western China in 1941. Metasequoia glyptostroboides, family Taxodiaceae Example sentencesExamples - Plants of the lower, wetter floodplains included dawn redwood, a Chinese relative of bald cypress, alder, a relative of witch hazel, and more than a hundred less-common species.
- The famous giant redwood is a large evergreen conifer, whereas, in contrast, the dawn redwood is a deciduous conifer.
- The two extinct species of Metasequoia were adapted to distinctly different swamp habitats, as are living dawn redwood compared with swamp cypress.
- A towering dawn redwood, planted in the 1940s, graces the Garden's oak and conifer knoll.
- Along the trail, visitors can enjoy specimens such as the Indian horse chestnut, dawn redwood, autumn oaks and oriental hawthorns.
- Now native only to China, the dawn redwood was the most common sequoia in North America during prehistoric times.
Definition of dawn redwood in US English: dawn redwoodnoun A coniferous tree with deciduous needles, known only as a fossil until it was found growing in southwestern China in 1941. Metasequoia glyptostroboides, family Taxodiaceae Also called metasequoia Example sentencesExamples - Now native only to China, the dawn redwood was the most common sequoia in North America during prehistoric times.
- The two extinct species of Metasequoia were adapted to distinctly different swamp habitats, as are living dawn redwood compared with swamp cypress.
- A towering dawn redwood, planted in the 1940s, graces the Garden's oak and conifer knoll.
- Along the trail, visitors can enjoy specimens such as the Indian horse chestnut, dawn redwood, autumn oaks and oriental hawthorns.
- The famous giant redwood is a large evergreen conifer, whereas, in contrast, the dawn redwood is a deciduous conifer.
- Plants of the lower, wetter floodplains included dawn redwood, a Chinese relative of bald cypress, alder, a relative of witch hazel, and more than a hundred less-common species.
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