redwood

[ red-wood ]

/ ˈrɛdˌwʊd /

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noun

a coniferous tree, Sequoia sempervirens, of California, noted for its great height, sometimes reaching to more than 350 feet (107 meters): the state tree of California.

its valuable brownish-red timber.

a red-colored wood.

any of various trees yielding a reddish wood.

any tree whose wood produces a red dyestuff.

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Origin of redwood

First recorded in 1610–20; red¹ + wood¹

Words nearby redwood

red water, red wine, redwing, red-winged blackbird, red wolf, redwood, Redwood City, Redwood National Park, Redwood seconds, red worm, ree

Other definitions for redwood (2 of 2)

redwood²

or red·wud

[ red-wood ]

/ ˈrɛdˌwʊd /

adjective Scot.

raving mad; insane.

distracted with anger; furious.

Origin of redwood

First recorded in 1550–60; red¹ + wood²

How to use redwood in a sentence

Inland, the Santa Lucia Mountains, laced with redwood canyons to explore in Pfeiffer Big Sur and Julia Pfeiffer Burns State Parks.
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From 100 feet above the forest floor on the Redwood Sky Walk, a suspended, self-guided walkway opening in early June among 60 acres of old-growth and second-growth redwoods in the city’s beloved Sequoia Park Zoo.
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Yellow crime-scene tape went up around the 125-year-old redwood structure.
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They built a redwood garden fence and installed a flagstone court and sidewalks.
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Someday we'll wonder how we ever thought flushing a Redwood down the drain was a reasonable thing to do.
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The year before the peace the first public library in the Colony, the Redwood Library, was founded.
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Vonnie made good her threat and two weeks after the quarrel Peter received a picture postcard of a giant redwood.
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A man went down from his house to the road where his mailbox was nailed to a redwood post.
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One afternoon two men were digging post-holes and setting in redwood posts on the side of one of the main roads in Orangeville.
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British Dictionary definitions for redwood

redwood

/ (ˈrɛdˌwʊd) /

noun

a giant coniferous tree, Sequoia sempervirens, of coastal regions of California, having reddish fibrous bark and durable timber: family Taxodiaceae . The largest specimen is over 120 metres (360 feet) tallSee also sequoia

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