redwood
1any of the three extant tree species of the coniferous subfamily Sequoioideae, specifically the giant sequoia, coast redwood, and dawn redwood.
the valuable brownish-red timber of the coast redwood or giant sequoia, the harvesting of which is strictly regulated.
made of red or reddish wood, especially that of the coast redwood or giant sequoia, the harvesting of which is strictly regulated: a six-piece set of redwood furniture for the patio.
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Inland, the Santa Lucia Mountains, laced with redwood canyons to explore in Pfeiffer Big Sur and Julia Pfeiffer Burns State Parks.
James Irvine Trail to Fern Canyon Loop, 12 milesTo call the redwoods “giant” is to vastly undersell a forest that would dwarf giants.
In the other direction, nearly ten miles of singletrack trails wind through towering old-growth redwoods.
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.
This Northern California coastal town is home to some of the world’s tallest trees, the towering redwoods of Humboldt County.
Berg: We have a big screening tomorrow night up in redwood City.
Mike Judge’s Genius Satire ‘Silicon Valley’ Skewers Tech Titans | Andrew Romano | April 3, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTYellow crime-scene tape went up around the 125-year-old redwood structure.
As 2014 Began, a Fateful Path to a Catholic Priest’s Murder | Michael Daly | January 3, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTNobody chooses to get married in a redwood forest unless they love redwood forests.
They built a redwood garden fence and installed a flagstone court and sidewalks.
Someday we'll wonder how we ever thought flushing a redwood down the drain was a reasonable thing to do.
The year before the peace the first public library in the Colony, the redwood Library, was founded.
A short history of Rhode Island | George Washington GreeneVonnie made good her threat and two weeks after the quarrel Peter received a picture postcard of a giant redwood.
The Boy Grew Older | Heywood BrounA man went down from his house to the road where his mailbox was nailed to a redwood post.
A California Girl | Edward EldridgeOne afternoon two men were digging post-holes and setting in redwood posts on the side of one of the main roads in Orangeville.
A California Girl | Edward Eldridgeredwood is its common name, and the lumber for our frame or wooden houses is cut from this tree.
Stories of California | Ella M. Sexton
British Dictionary definitions for redwood
/ (ˈrɛdˌwʊd) /
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) tall: See also sequoia
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