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redwood
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun redwood has 2 senses
- redwood(n = noun.plant) Array - the soft reddish wood of either of two species of sequoia trees; Array is a kind of wood
- redwood(n = noun.plant) sequoia - either of two huge coniferous California trees that reach a height of 300 feet; sometimes placed in the Taxodiaceae; Array is a member of cupressaceae, cypress family, family cupressaceae
is a kind of cypress
has particulars: california redwood, coast redwood, sequoia sempervirens, big tree, giant sequoia, sequoia gigantea, sequoia wellingtonia, sequoiadendron giganteum, sierra redwood
CIDE DICTIONARY
redwood, n.
A gigantic coniferous tree (Sequoia sempervirens ) of California, and its light and durable reddish timber. See Sequoia. [1913 Webster]
" 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 ."
[1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
redwood, n.
1 an exceptionally large Californian conifer, Sequoia sempervirens, yielding red wood.
2 any tree yielding red wood.
1 an exceptionally large Californian conifer, Sequoia sempervirens, yielding red wood.
2 any tree yielding red wood.
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