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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Let’s start with some etymology: What are the origins of the typographical word “bracket”?

First appeared around 1750, and is related to the French word “braguette” for the name of codpiece armor.

First appeared in 1610, based on the French word “baguette” for the long loaf of bread.

First appeared in 1555, and is related to the French word “raquette” for a netted bat.

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Origin of redwood

First recorded in 1610–20; red¹ + wood¹

Words nearby redwood

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Definition 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

Example sentences from the Web for redwood

Right now mom and I are weaving in and out of the redwood shadows, pressing our hands against its bark, wheeling into tree holes big enough for the both of us.
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Ferns cover the shadowed ground, interrupted by lower sweeps of redwood sorrel that blanket the earth with their small, heart-shaped leaves.
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Once, my mom got our minivan stuck inside one of those redwoods you can drive through.
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Mom is sitting in the adventure wheelchair during our redwoods trip.
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A new redwood tree shoots up out of a fallen log, creating life where none seemed possible.
Adventuring with My Disabled Mom Healed Me, Too|Tessa Fontaine|March 2, 2021|Outside Online
Berg: We have a big screening tomorrow night up in Redwood City.
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Yellow crime-scene tape went up around the 125-year-old redwood structure.
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Nobody chooses to get married in a redwood forest unless they love redwood forests.
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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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Redwood is its common name, and the lumber for our frame or wooden houses is cut from this tree.
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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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Definition for redwood (2 of 2)

or red·wud

adjective Scot.

Origin of redwood

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British Dictionary definitions for redwood

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