redwood

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redwood^¹

/ˈɹɛdwʊd/ Canada, US, UK
/ˈɹɛdwɵd/ British, Southern, Standard
/ˈɹedwʊd/ Australia, New Zealand
/ˈɾɛdwʊd/ Wales
/ˈɾɛdwʉd/ Scotland
/ˈɻɛdwʉd/ Northern Ireland

Rhymes with -ɛdwʊd

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From red + wood.

noun redwoods

countable, uncountable A tree of the species Sequoia sempervirens. a redwood grove
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...
uncountable Wood of the species Sequoia sempervirens. This planter is made of redwood.
UK, obsolete, uncountable Wood of the species Pinus sylvestris.
countable A tree of species Manilkara bidentata harvested for timber and latex.
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.

Redwood^²

proper noun

A surname. In government their last two Welsh Secretaries were John Redwood (Wokingham) and William Hague (Richmond).
A census-designated place in Josephine County, Oregon, United States.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: sequoia, giant redwood, red cedar, redcedar, dawn redwood, red oak, metasequoia, redbay, red alder, rosewood, seed tree, douglas fir, softwood, red fir, red juniper, silver spruce

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noun Sequoia sempervirens

Español	secoya gigante
日本語	セコイア sekoia
中文	紅杉 /红杉 hóngshān
Português	sequoia, sequoia-vermelha
Français	séquoia
Deutsch	Mammutbaum
Italiano	sequoia
Русский	кра́сное де́рево krásnoje dérevo, секво́йя sekvójja

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@misc{redwood_2026,
  title = {redwood},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/redwood},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}