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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 red·wood /ˈrɛdˌwʊd/
 美國杉樹,紅色木材,紅色木質的樹

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: WordNet (r) 2.0

 redwood
      n 1: the soft reddish wood of either of two species of sequoia
           trees
      2: either of two huge coniferous California trees that reach a
         height of 300 feet; sometimes placed in the Taxodiaceae
         [syn: sequoia]