redwood

redwood
noun Date: circa 1585 1. any of various woods (as brazilwood) yielding a red dye 2. a tree that yields a red dyewood or produces red or reddish wood 3. a. a very tall coniferous tree (Sequoia sempervirens) of the bald cypress family that grows chiefly in coastal California, sometimes reaches a height of 360 feet (110 meters), and is a commercially important timber tree — called also coast redwood — see cone illustration b. its brownish-red durable wood

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  • Redwood, NY — U.S. Census Designated Place in New York Population (2000): 584 Housing Units (2000): 277 Land area (2000): 2.035972 sq. miles (5.273143 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.514751 sq. miles (1.333200 sq. km) Total area (2000): 2.550723 sq. miles… …   StarDict's U.S. Gazetteer Places

  • Redwood, OR — U.S. Census Designated Place in Oregon Population (2000): 5844 Housing Units (2000): 2529 Land area (2000): 4.840382 sq. miles (12.536531 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.063713 sq. miles (0.165017 sq. km) Total area (2000): 4.904095 sq. miles… …   StarDict's U.S. Gazetteer Places

  • Redwood, TX — U.S. Census Designated Place in Texas Population (2000): 3586 Housing Units (2000): 946 Land area (2000): 5.872597 sq. miles (15.209955 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.068575 sq. miles (0.177609 sq. km) Total area (2000): 5.941172 sq. miles… …   StarDict's U.S. Gazetteer Places

  • Redwood — Red wood ( w[oo^]d ), n. (Bot.) (a) A gigantic coniferous tree ({Sequoia sempervirens}) of California, and its light and durable reddish timber. See {Sequoia}. (b) An East Indian dyewood, obtained from {Pterocarpus santalinus}, {C[ae]salpinia… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Redwood — (engl., spr. wudd, »Rotholz«), s. Sequoia …   Kleines Konversations-Lexikon

  • redwood — (n.) 1610s, wood that has a red hue, from RED (Cf. red) (1) + WOOD (Cf. wood) (n.). Of various types of New World trees that yield such wood, from 1716; specifically of the California Sequoia sempervirens from 1819 …   Etymology dictionary

  • redwood — ► NOUN ▪ a giant coniferous tree with reddish wood, native to California and Oregon …   English terms dictionary

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