redwood
See also: Redwood
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redwood (plural redwoods)
- (countable, uncountable, USDA-preferred term) A tree of the species Sequoia sempervirens.
- a redwood grove
- This redwood deck will last forever.
- (countable) Any of the evergreen conifers belonging to the genus Sequoia in the wide sense.
- (uncountable) Wood of the species Sequoia sempervirens.
- This planter is made of redwood.
- (uncountable, UK, obsolete) Wood of the species Pinus sylvestris.
- (countable) A tree of species Manilkara bidentata harvested for timber and latex.
- (uncountable) Timber from the Manilkara bidentata tree.
- 1912, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Lost World […], London, New York, N.Y.: Hodder and Stoughton, →OCLC:
- It was at Para also that we engaged Gomez and Manuel, two half-breeds from up the river, just come down with a cargo of redwood.
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Sequoia sempervirens
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any tree of genus Sequoia
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