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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)

 Se·quoi·a n.  Bot. A genus of coniferous trees, consisting of two species, Sequoia Washingtoniana, syn. Sequoia gigantea, the “big tree” of California, and Sequoia sempervirens, the redwood, both of which attain an immense height.
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From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 Sequoia sempervirens
      n : lofty evergreen of United States coastal foothills from
          Oregon to Big Sur [syn: California redwood, coast
           redwood]