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red⋅wood

1[red-wood]
–noun
1. a coniferous tree, Sequoia sempervirens, of California, noted for its great height, sometimes reaching to more than 350 ft. (107 m): the state tree of California.
2. its valuable brownish-red timber.
3. a red-colored wood.
4. any of various trees yielding a reddish wood.
5. any tree whose wood produces a red dyestuff.

Origin:
1610–20; red 1 + wood 1

red⋅wood

2[red-wood]
–adjective Scot.
1. raving mad; insane.
2. distracted with anger; furious.
Also, redwud.


Origin:
1550–60; red 1 + wood 2
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red·wood   (rěd'wŏŏd')   
n.  
    1. A very tall, evergreen, coniferous tree (Sequoia sempervirens) native to the coastal ranges of southern Oregon and central and northern California, having small seed-bearing cones with peltate scales and unflattened branches.

    2. The soft reddish wood of this tree. Also called sequoia.

  1. Any of various woods having a reddish color or yielding a red dye.

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redwood 
1619, "wood that has a red hue," from red (1) + wood (q.v.). Of various types of New World trees that yield such wood, from 1716; specifically of the California Sequoia sempervirens from 1819.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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