̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷|dendrən noun
Usage: capitalized
Etymology: New Latin, from Sequoia + -dendron
: a genus of coniferous trees (family Taxodiaceae) sometimes included in the genus Sequoia but distinguished by having all the leaves scalelike or awl-shaped and appressed and the winter buds naked — compare sequoia 1