large fast-growing Chinese monoecious tree having flat bright-green deciduous leaves and small globular cones; commonly cultivated in United States as an ornamental; known as a fossil before being discovered in China
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China is the first country in which live metasequoia trees were found. 中国是最早发现存活水杉的国家。
A preliminary observation on the flowering and the seed development of Metasequoia glyptostroboides Hu et Cheng. 水杉开花结籽发育形态的初步观察。