redwood (redirected from Coast redwoods)

red·wood  (rdwd)

n.

1.

a. 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.

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

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redwood

Noun

a giant Californian conifer with reddish bark

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	redwood - the soft reddish wood of either of two species of sequoia trees sequoia, redwood - either of two huge coniferous California trees that reach a height of 300 feet; sometimes placed in the Taxodiaceae wood - the hard fibrous lignified substance under the bark of trees
	2.	redwood - either of two huge coniferous California trees that reach a height of 300 feet; sometimes placed in the Taxodiaceae sequoia Cupressaceae, cypress family, family Cupressaceae - cypresses and junipers and many cedars cypress - wood of any of various cypress trees especially of the genus Cupressus redwood - the soft reddish wood of either of two species of sequoia trees California redwood, coast redwood, Sequoia sempervirens - lofty evergreen of United States coastal foothills from Oregon to Big Sur; it flourishes in wet, rainy, foggy habitats big tree, giant sequoia, Sequoia gigantea, Sequoia Wellingtonia, Sequoiadendron giganteum, Sierra redwood - extremely lofty evergreen of southern end of western foothills of Sierra Nevada in California; largest living organism