REDWOOD

noun Date: circa 1585 any of various woods (as brazilwood) yielding a red dye, a tree that yields a red dyewood or produces red or reddish wood, 3. a very tall coniferous tree ( Sequoia sempervirens ) of the bald cypress family that grows chiefly in coastal California, sometimes reaches a height of 360 feet (110 meters), and is a commercially important timber tree, its brownish-red durable wood