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redwood
(redwʊd)
Word forms: plural redwoods
variable noun
A redwood is an extremely tall tree which grows in California.
Redwood is the wood from this tree.
redwood in British English
(ˈrɛdˌwʊd)
noun
a giant coniferous tree, Sequoia sempervirens, of coastal regions of California, having reddish fibrous bark and durable timber: family Taxodiaceae. The largest specimen is over 120 metres (360 feet) tall
See also sequoiaredwood in American English
(ˈrɛdˌwʊd)
noun
1. US
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
2. US
big tree
3.
any of a number of trees with reddish wood or yielding a red dye
4.
the wood of any of these trees
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tree- incommutably
- incompact
- in company
- in company with sb
- in-company-with-someone
- incomparability
- incomparable
- incomparableness
- incomparably
- incompared
- in comparison/by comparison
- in-comparison-by-comparison
- in comparison with
- incompatibility
- incompatible
- incompatibleness
- incompatible with
- incompatibly
- in compensation (for sth)
- incompetence
- incompetency
- incompetent
- incompetently
- in competition with
- incomplete