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A gigantic coniferous tree (Sequoia sempervirens) of California, and its light and durable reddish timber. See Sequoia.

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  1. n. A gigantic coniferous tree (Sequoia sempervirens) of California, and its light and durable reddish timber. See Sequoia.
  2. n. An East Indian dyewood, obtained from Pterocarpus santalinus, Caesalpinia Sappan, and several other trees.
  3. n. the soft reddish wood of either of two species of sequoia trees
  4. n. wood of either of two huge coniferous California trees that reach a height of 300 feet; sometimes placed in the Taxodiaceae
  5. n. either of two huge coniferous California trees that reach a height of 300 feet; sometimes placed in the Taxodiaceae
  6. (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, Cæsalpinia 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.
  7. n:100 n. the soft reddish wood of either of two species of sequoia trees