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redwoodest

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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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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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