I. ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ adjective
Etymology: red (I) + wood (mad)
Scotland : stark mad
II. ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun
Etymology: red (I) + wood (growth of trees)
1. : a wood yielding a red dye: as
a. : brazilwood
b. : camwood
c. : sappanwood
d. : lima wood
e. : barwood
2. : a tree that yields a red dyewood or that produces wood of a red or reddish color: as
a. : red sandalwood
b. : amboyna 1
c. : rohun
d. : any of various So. American trees of the genera Caesalpinia and Erythroxylon
e. : mahogany
f. : scotch pine
g. : cornelian cherry
h. : an Asiatic buckthorn ( Rhamnus erythroxylon )
i. : a tree ( Melhania erythroxylon ) of the family Sterculiaceae of St. Helena
j. : an African tree ( Ochna arborea ) with reddish wood
k. : false logwood
l. : a snakebark ( Colubrina ferruginosa ) of the West Indies
3.
a. : a commercially important coniferous timber tree ( Sequoia sempervirens ) of California found only on the Coast Range sometimes reaching a height of 360 feet
b. : the brownish red light wood of the California redwood tree that resists decay and is much used commercially
4. : a variable color averaging a moderate reddish brown that is lighter and stronger than mahogany, yellower, lighter, and stronger than roan, and lighter, stronger, and very slightly redder than oxblood