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redwood
(encz) | redwood,sekvoj Zdeněk Brož |
Redwood
(gcide) | Redwood \Red"wood`\ (-w[oo^]d`), n. (Bot.)
(a) A gigantic coniferous tree (Sequoia sempervirens) of
California, and its light and durable reddish timber. See
Sequoia.
(b) An East Indian dyewood, obtained from {Pterocarpus
santalinus}, Caesalpinia Sappan, and several other
trees.
[1913 Webster]
Note: The redwood of Andaman is Pterocarpus dalbergioides;
that of some parts of tropical America, several species
of Erythoxylum; that of Brazil, the species of
Humirium.
[1913 Webster] |
redwood
(wn) | redwood
n 1: the soft reddish wood of either of two species of sequoia
trees
2: either of two huge coniferous California trees that reach a
height of 300 feet; sometimes placed in the Taxodiaceae [syn:
sequoia, redwood] |
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coast redwood
(encz) | coast redwood, n: |
dawn redwood
(encz) | dawn redwood, n: |
redwood
(encz) | redwood,sekvoj Zdeněk Brož |
redwood family
(encz) | redwood family, n: |
redwood penstemon
(encz) | redwood penstemon, n: |
redwoods
(encz) | redwoods,sekvoje n: pl. Jirka Daněk |
andaman redwood
(wn) | Andaman redwood
n 1: mottled curly-grained wood of Pterocarpus indicus [syn:
amboyna, Andaman redwood] |
california redwood
(wn) | California redwood
n 1: lofty evergreen of United States coastal foothills from
Oregon to Big Sur; it flourishes in wet, rainy, foggy
habitats [syn: California redwood, coast redwood,
Sequoia sempervirens] |
coast redwood
(wn) | coast redwood
n 1: lofty evergreen of United States coastal foothills from
Oregon to Big Sur; it flourishes in wet, rainy, foggy
habitats [syn: California redwood, coast redwood,
Sequoia sempervirens] |
dawn redwood
(wn) | dawn redwood
n 1: large fast-growing Chinese monoecious tree having flat
bright-green deciduous leaves and small globular cones;
commonly cultivated in United States as an ornamental;
known as a fossil before being discovered in China [syn:
metasequoia, dawn redwood, {Metasequoia
glyptostrodoides}] |
panama redwood
(wn) | Panama redwood
n 1: hard heavy red wood of a quira tree [syn: Panama redwood,
quira]
2: large erect shrub of Colombia having large odd-pinnate leaves
with large leaflets and axillary racemes of fragrant yellow
flowers [syn: Panama redwood tree, Panama redwood,
Platymiscium pinnatum] |
panama redwood tree
(wn) | Panama redwood tree
n 1: large erect shrub of Colombia having large odd-pinnate
leaves with large leaflets and axillary racemes of fragrant
yellow flowers [syn: Panama redwood tree, {Panama
redwood}, Platymiscium pinnatum] |
redwood
(wn) | redwood
n 1: the soft reddish wood of either of two species of sequoia
trees
2: either of two huge coniferous California trees that reach a
height of 300 feet; sometimes placed in the Taxodiaceae [syn:
sequoia, redwood] |
redwood family
(wn) | redwood family
n 1: coniferous trees; traditionally considered an independent
family though recently included in Cupressaceae in some
classification systems [syn: Taxodiaceae, {subfamily
Taxodiaceae}, redwood family] |
redwood national park
(wn) | Redwood National Park
n 1: a national park in California featuring a redwood forest
and Pacific Ocean coastline |
redwood penstemon
(wn) | redwood penstemon
n 1: low branching dark green shrub with bunches of brick-red
flowers at ends of branches; coastal ranges and foothills
of northern California [syn: red shrubby penstemon,
redwood penstemon] |
sierra redwood
(wn) | Sierra redwood
n 1: extremely lofty evergreen of southern end of western
foothills of Sierra Nevada in California; largest living
organism [syn: giant sequoia, big tree, {Sierra
redwood}, Sequoiadendron giganteum, Sequoia gigantea,
Sequoia Wellingtonia] |
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