Meaning of REDWOOD
| Pronunciation: | | 'red`wûd
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- [n] either of two huge coniferous California trees that reach a height of 300 feet; sometimes placed in the Taxodiaceae
- [n] the soft reddish wood of either of two species of sequoia trees
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| | Synonyms: | | sequoia |
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| | See Also: | | big tree, California redwood, coast redwood, Cupressaceae, cypress, cypress family, family Cupressaceae, giant sequoia, redwood, Sequoia gigantea, Sequoia sempervirens, Sequoia Wellingtonia, Sequoiadendron giganteum, Sierra redwood, wood | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Red"wood`\ (-w[oo^]d`), n. (Bot.)
(a) A gigantic coniferous tree ({Sequoia sempervirens}) of
California, and its light and durable reddish timber. See
{Sequoia}.
(b) An East Indian dyewood, obtained from {Pterocarpus
santalinus}, {C[ae]salpinia Sappan}, and several other
trees.
Note: The redwood of Andaman is {Pterocarpus dalbergioides};
that of some parts of tropical America, several species
of {Erythoxylum}; that of Brazil, the species of
{Humirium}.
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