California redwood

Other forms: California redwoods

Definitions of California redwood
  1. noun
    lofty evergreen of United States coastal foothills from Oregon to Big Sur; it flourishes in wet, rainy, foggy habitats
    synonyms: Sequoia sempervirens, coast redwood
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    type of:
    redwood, sequoia
    either of two huge coniferous California trees that reach a height of 300 feet; sometimes placed in the Taxodiaceae
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