(definition) by Webster 1913 Wed Dec 22 1999 at 4:22:56

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.

 

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