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Definition of Wellingtonia

Wellingtonia
Wellingtonia Wel`ling*to"ni*a, n. [NL. So named after the Duke of Wellington.] (Bot.) A name given to the ``big trees' (Sequoia gigantea) of California, and still used in England. See Sequoia.

Meaning of Wellingtonia from wikipedia

- Wellingtonia can mean: A genus of plants in the family Sabiaceae, usually treated as a synonym of the genus Meliosma. A vernacular name for the coniferous...
- giganteum (also known as the giant sequoia, giant redwood, Sierra redwood or Wellingtonia) is a species of coniferous tree, classified in the family Cupressaceae...
- Wellingtonia Avenue is a road in Crowthorne, Berkshire, UK. The road is lined with over one hundred giant sequoia trees, known at the time of planting...
- to the present: Sequoiadendron giganteum, extant, commonly known as wellingtonia, giant redwood and giant sequoia, growing naturally in the Sierra Nevada...
- monkey-puzzle tree) from Chile and the m****ive Sequoiadendron giganteum (Wellingtonia) from North America. He and his brother, Thomas Lobb, were the first...
- Pinetum and Arboretum Bowling green and Quoit Ground Cheshire Cottage Wellingtonia Avenue The Stumpery Dahlia Walk Lower, Rose, Verbena and Araucaria Parterres...
- needed] Ernest Hemingway is said to have propped up Lynford's Royal Wellingtonia bar with Sir James Calder, in the 1930s. Hemingway described shooting...
- are the 18th-century lime avenue, the yew walk and fine examples of Wellingtonia and cork oak. Some trees were lost in the storm of October 1987. There...
- gas works, vinery and specimen shrubs and trees, including a splendid Wellingtonia planted by Harriet Beecher Stowe. Only 51 acres are mentioned in this...
- Gilwell Park, Queen Elizabeth's Hunting Lodge in Epping Forest, the Wellingtonia Avenue in Havering Country Park, the valley of the River Ingrebourne...