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Webster 1913 Edition
Redwood
Red′woodˊ
(-woŏdˊ)
, Noun.
(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. ☞ 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
.