Definitions for: Redwood


[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



Webster (1913) 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.

Synonyms: sequoia

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

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