redwood

IPA: rˈɛdwʊd

(countable, uncountable, USDA-preferred term) A tree of the species Sequoia sempervirens.
(countable) Any of the evergreen conifers belonging to the genus Sequoia in the wide sense.
(uncountable) Wood of the species Sequoia sempervirens.
(uncountable, Britain, 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.
A surname.
A census-designated place in Josephine County, Oregon, United States.

Examples of "redwood" in Sentences

The broadest recorded coast redwood is 20 feet in diameter.
In fact, there’s a forest full of them called the redwood forest.
I think cutting down a redwood is the moral equivilant of murdering a human being. previous - next
My house is going on 160 years old, built entirely of redwood, which is largely the reason it's still here in termite-land.
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.
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.
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.