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2 definitions found
From:
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Red·wood
n.
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
,
Caesalpinia Sappan
,
and
several
other
trees
.
Note:
☞
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
.
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From:
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Sa·pan wood
Bot.
A
dyewood
yielded
by
Caesalpinia Sappan
,
a
thorny
leguminous
tree
of
Southern
Asia
and
the
neighboring
islands
.
It
is
the
original
Brazil
wood
. [
Written
also
sappan wood
.]
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