redwood Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun the soft reddish wood of either of two species of sequoia trees
  2. noun either of two huge coniferous California trees that reach a height of 300 feet; sometimes placed in the Taxodiaceae
    sequoia.

WordNet

Red"wood` noun
Definitions
  1. (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, Cæsalpinia 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.

Webster 1913