redwoods

Noun

redwood (plural redwoods)

1. (countable, uncountable, USDA-preferred term) A tree of the species Sequoia sempervirens.
   • a redwood grove
2. (countable) 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
3. (uncountable) Wood of the species Sequoia sempervirens.
   • This planter is made of redwood.
4. (UK, obsolete, uncountable) Wood of the species Pinus sylvestris.
5. (countable) A tree of species Manilkara bidentata harvested for timber and latex.
6. (uncountable) 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

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