Redwood Definition

rĕdwo͝od
redwoods
noun
redwoods
A giant evergreen (Sequoia sempervirens) of the baldcypress family, having fire-resistant bark, enduring, soft wood, and needlelike leaves: found in coastal regions of California and S Oregon.
Webster's New World

Big tree.

Webster's New World
Either of two similar trees, the giant sequoia or the dawn redwood.
American Heritage
The wood of any of these trees.
Webster's New World
Any of a number of trees with reddish wood or yielding a red dye.
Webster's New World
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pronoun

A surname.

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Other Word Forms of Redwood

Noun

Singular:
redwood
Plural:
redwoods

Origin of Redwood

Redwood Sentence Examples

  • The redwood is being rapidly used for lumber.

  • Other trees are the redwood and camwood.

  • As the redwood is limited to the Coast Range, so the big tree is limited wholly to the Sierra Nevada.

  • The mountains are covered with one of the noblest redwood forests of the state - the only one south of San Francisco; two groves, the Sempervirens Park (4000 acres) and the Fremont Grove of Big Trees, 5 m.

  • Among the large trees which are valued for their timber are redwood (Humiria balsamifera), Brazil-wood, algarrobo, palo de cruz (Jacquinea ruscifolia), guaiacum or holy wood, rosewood, cedar and walnut.

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Words Starting With

RRERED

Words Ending With

DODOOD

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