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china | metasequoia |

As nouns the difference between china and metasequoia

is that china is (uncountable) the root of a climbing plant, smilax china l, once believed to have important medicinal properties or china can be (cockney rhyming slang|countable) mate (ie, friend) while metasequoia is (taxlink), the (dawn redwood), a fast-growing deciduous conifer native to china.

china

English

(wikipedia China)

Proper noun

(en proper noun)
  • A country in East Asia, officially named the People's Republic of China ().
  • A region in East Asia comprising the areas governed by the People's Republic of China and the Republic of China (Taiwan).
  • The civilization of the Chinese people.
  • (very rarely) A female given name.

    • Derived terms

    * China Hand * Chinaman * China syndrome * Chinese * sinophobia

    See also

    * * * * * Cathay * * all the tea in China * made in China

    Anagrams

    * (l) ----

    metasequoia

    English

    (wikipedia metasequoia) (wikispecies)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (taxlink), the (dawn redwood), a fast-growing deciduous conifer native to China.
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    • , passage=Instead of fantasy landscapes forced into bloom, a trade show has the energy of an international marketplace, where growers discuss the fine points of their new favorites ?— plants like Citronelle, a lime-green heuchera that can stand up to heat and humidity; or new hibiscuses like Plum Crazy and Copper King, which tolerate dry soil and are hardy to 30 below zero; or the rarest of plants, like a bonsai metasequoia , also known as dawn redwood, which grows only three inches a year, making it perfect for a pot on your patio. }}