English > redwood: 2 senses > noun 2, plant| Meaning | Either of two huge coniferous California trees that reach a height of 300 feet; sometimes placed in the Taxodiaceae. |
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| Synonym | sequoia |
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| Member of | Cupressaceae, family Cupressaceae, cypress family | cypresses and junipers and many cedars |
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| Narrower | California redwood, coast redwood, Sequoia sempervirens | lofty evergreen of United States coastal foothills from Oregon to Big Sur |
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| giant sequoia, big tree, Sierra redwood, Sequoiadendron giganteum, Sequoia gigantea, Sequoia Wellingtonia | Extremely lofty evergreen of southern end of western foothills of Sierra Nevada in California |
| Broader | cypress | wood of any of various cypress trees especially of the genus Cupressus |
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| Substances | redwood | The soft reddish wood of either of two species of sequoia trees |
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| Spanish | secoya, secuoya, sequoia |
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| Catalan | sequoia |
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