Redwood

Word REDWOOD
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Hyphenation red wood
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Definitions and meanings of "Redwood"

What do we mean by redwood?

A very tall, evergreen coniferous tree (Sequoia sempervirens) native to the coastal ranges of southern Oregon and central and northern California, having thick bark, leaves that are needlelike or scalelike, and small cones. noun

The soft reddish decay-resistant wood of this tree. noun

Either of two similar trees, the giant sequoia or the dawn redwood. noun

Any of various woods having a reddish color or yielding a red dye. noun

The most valuable of Californian timber-trees, Sequoia sempervirens, or its wood. noun

The name is also applied to various other trees. noun

Stark mad.

The chittagong-wood, Chukrasia tabularis. noun

Guilandina crista; and noun

Baryxylum Linnæi (Peltophorum Linnæi of Bentham). noun

A gigantic coniferous tree (Sequoia sempervirens) of California, and its light and durable reddish timber. See sequoia. noun

An East Indian dyewood, obtained from Pterocarpus santalinus, Cæsalpinia Sappan, and several other trees. noun

The USDA-preferred term for the species Sequoia sempervirens. noun

Any of the evergreen conifers belonging to the genus Sequoia in the wide sense. noun

The wood of the species Sequoia sempervirens. noun

The wood of the species Pinus sylvestris noun

Pertaining to any of the evergreen conifers belonging to the genus Sequoia in the wide sense adjective

Pertaining to the wood of the species Sequoia sempervirens. adjective

Either of two huge coniferous California trees that reach a height of 300 feet; sometimes placed in the Taxodiaceae noun

(USDA-preferred term) The species Sequoia sempervirens.

Any of the evergreen conifers belonging to the genus Sequoia in the wide sense.

The wood of the species Sequoia sempervirens.

Wood of the species Pinus sylvestris.

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The word "redwood" in example sentences

The broadest recorded coast redwood is 20 feet in diameter. ❋ Unknown (2007)

The Sequoia sempervirens, which is commonly called redwood, is distributed along the Coast Range, the trees thriving only when they are constantly swept by the sea fogs. ❋ Helen Elliott Bandini (N/A)

In fact, there’s a forest full of them called the redwood forest. ❋ Courtney Sheinmel (2010)

I think cutting down a redwood is the moral equivilant of murdering a human being. previous - next ❋ Nessus (2003)

My house is going on 160 years old, built entirely of redwood, which is largely the reason it's still here in termite-land. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Perched in the upper branches of the redwood were the four remaining tree-sitters who had taken to the branches in an ultimately doomed effort to save the impressive collection of Coastal Live Oaks and other trees marked for destruction by the university. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Before ten o'clock the adobe wall of the patio was warm enough to permit lingering vacqueros and idle peons to lean against it, and the exposed annexe was filled with sharp, resinous odors from the oozing sap of unseasoned "redwood" boards, warped and drying in the hot sunshine. ❋ Bret Harte (1869)

No, I don't have one in my yard (which is not serpentine), but I do have a dawn redwood which is doing quite well. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Our house sat in a redwood forest populated by bobcats, mushrooms, and what my German-speaking grandmother thrillingly referred to as Wildschweinen, “wild pigs,” disappointingly called “boar” in English. ❋ Leslie Dunton-Downer (2010)

We become the other—whether a friend, butterfly, redwood forest, giraffe, or seahorse—through our intensely felt union with it. ❋ PhD Bradford Keeney (2010)

City officials said the owners had permits to remove four trees, including a redwood. ❋ Robert Frank (2012)

The anonymous posts alleged that Korbel retaliated against employees who reported sexual harassment, bribed law enforcement and was planning on cutting down redwood trees on its property. ❋ Unknown (2009)

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