redwood
noun
- ☆ a giant evergreen (Sequoia sempervirens) of the baldcypress family, having fire-resistant bark, enduring, soft wood, and needlelike leaves: found in coastal regions of California and S Oregon
- ☆ big tree
- any of a number of trees with reddish wood or yielding a red dye
- the wood of any of these trees
See redwood in American Heritage Dictionary 4
(rĕdˈwo͝odˌ)
nouna. A very tall, evergreen, coniferous tree (Sequoia sempervirens) native to the coastal ranges of southern Oregon and central and northern California, having small seed-bearing cones with peltate scales and unflattened branches.
b. The soft reddish wood of this tree. Also called sequoia.
- Any of various woods having a reddish color or yielding a red dye.
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