- genus Metasequoia - genus of deciduous conifers comprising both living and fossil forms; 1 extant species: dawn redwood of China; variously classified as member of Pinaceae or Taxodiaceae
--1 is a kind of gymnosperm genus
--1 is a member of Cupressaceae, family Cupressaceae, cypress family
--1 has members: metasequoia, dawn redwood, Metasequoia glyptostrodoides