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Redwood

noun

The soft reddish wood of either of two species of sequoia trees.

Either of two huge coniferous California trees that reach a height of 300 feet; sometimes placed in the Taxodiaceae. Synonym: sequoia.

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"Redwood" Quotes from Famous Books

... the noon train brought her through the oaks and the burdened olive orchards, past the lonely redwood Tree to the University. The brakeman's call: "Next station is Palo A-al-to!" stirred her with fluttering excitement. The crowded carriages and people at the station bewildered her. Eager 'busmen struggled for the hand-baggage of strangers, men with "Student Transfer" ...

— Stanford Stories - Tales of a Young University • Charles K. Field

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