redwood
/ˈɹɛdwʊd/
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British/ˈɹɛdwɵd/
redwood noun: a tree of the species Sequoia sempervirens.
Noun
redwood (plural redwoods)
- A tree of the species Sequoia sempervirens.
- a redwood grove
- This redwood deck will last forever.
- Any of the evergreen conifers belonging to the genus Sequoia in the wide sense.
- I remember redwood trees,
bumper cars and wolverines,
the ocean's Trident submarines,
lemons, limes and tangerines.
I remember this...1988 November 8, R.E.M., “I Remember California”, in Green - The bull kelp forests off Northern California are sometimes spoken of as the redwoods of the sea. And like the redwoods, these forests are in danger. In less than a decade, these otherworldly undersea landscapes, lush with life, have all but disappeared along 200 miles of coast north of San...2022 April 30, David Helvarg, “Climate change threatens another California forest, this one underwater”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from...
- I remember redwood trees,
- Wood of the species Sequoia sempervirens.
- This planter is made of redwood.
- Wood of the species Pinus sylvestris.
- A tree of species Manilkara bidentata harvested for timber and latex.
- Timber from the Manilkara bidentata tree.
- It was at Para also that we engaged Gomez and Manuel, two half-breeds from up the river, just come down with a cargo of redwood.1912, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Lost World […], London; New York, N.Y.: Hodder and Stoughton, →OCLC
Proper noun capitalized: Redwood
Redwood
- A surname.
- In government their last two Welsh Secretaries were John Redwood (Wokingham) and William Hague (Richmond).2004, Alan Trench, Has Devolution Made a Difference?: The State of the Nations 2004
- A census-designated place in Josephine County, Oregon, United States.
redwood meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
redwood in Hindi
- रेडवुड
redwood in Tamil
- ரெட்வுட்
redwood in Marathi
- रेडवुड, रेडवूड
redwood in Urdu
- ریڈ ووڈ, ریڈووڈ
More languagesFewer languages
- redwood in Bengali
- রেডউড
- redwood in Telugu
- రెడ్వుడ్
- redwood in Malayalam
- റെഡ്വുഡ്
- redwood in Kannada
- ರೆಡ್ವುಡ್
- redwood in Punjabi
- ਰੈੱਡਵੁੱਡ, ਰੇਡਵੁੱਡ
- redwood in Gujarati
- રેડવુડ, રેડવૂડ
- redwood in Odia
- ରେଡ୍ଉଡ୍, ରେଡଉଡ୍, ରେଡୱୁଡ୍
- redwood in Nepali
- रेडवूड
Examples of redwood in a sentence
- There will be a nondenominational service, open to all, on Saturday beneath the redwoods.
- Teak is much used for outdoor benches, but a number of other woods are also suitable, such as ipé, redwood, etc.
- The coelacanth and the dawn redwood are living fossils.
Forms of redwood
| plural | redwoods |
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Origin of redwood
From red + wood.
Words formed from redwood
- California redwood
- coast redwood
- coastal redwood
- dawn redwood
- giant redwood
- Japanese redwood
- Redwood City
- Redwood County
- Redwood Falls
- Sierra redwood
Phrases with redwood
Words that rhyme with redwood
Questions about redwood
- What does redwood mean?
- Redwood means a tree of the species Sequoia sempervirens.
- What is redwood in Hindi?
- Redwood in Hindi is रेडवुड. See Redwood meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is redwood?
- Redwood can be a noun or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce redwood?
- Redwood is pronounced /ˈɹɛdwʊd/ (UK).
- What is the plural of redwood?
- The plural of redwood is redwoods.
Words near redwood in the dictionary
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