California redwood

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California redwood - lofty evergreen of United States coastal foothills from Oregon to Big Sur; it flourishes in wet, rainy, foggy habitatscoast redwood, Sequoia sempervirensgenus Sequoia - redwoods; until recently considered a genus of a separate family Taxodiaceaesequoia, redwood - either of two huge coniferous California trees that reach a height of 300 feet; sometimes placed in the Taxodiaceae