Redwood Meaning
/rˈɛˌdwʊd/Definition, CEFR level B2, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
nounA tree of the species Sequoia sempervirens.
nounAny of the evergreen conifers belonging to the genus Sequoia in the wide sense.
Sentence Examples
Are you superior to a thousand-year-old olive tree or redwood tree?
Redwood trees are some of the tallest and oldest trees in the world.
CEFR Practice Quiz
The towering ____ tree in the ancient forest can live for over two thousand years.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The ancient ____ trees in the national park were over two thousand years old and towered above all else.
Word Origin & History
From red + wood.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"I remember redwood trees,
bumper cars and wolverines,
the ocean's Trident submarines,
lemons, limes and tangerines.
I remember this..."
— 1988 November 8, R.E.M., “I Remember California”, in Green:
"The bull kelp forests off Northern California are sometimes spoken of as the redwoods of the sea. And like the redwoods, these forests are in danger. In less than a decade, these otherworldly undersea landscapes, lush with life, have all but disappeared along 200 miles of coast north of San Francisco's Golden Gate Bridge."
— 2022 April 30, David Helvarg, “Climate change threatens another California forest, this one underwater”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 17 Aug 2025:
"It was at Para also that we engaged Gomez and Manuel, two half-breeds from up the river, just come down with a cargo of redwood."
— 1912, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Lost World […], London; New York, N.Y.: Hodder and Stoughton, →OCLC:
"In government their last two Welsh Secretaries were John Redwood (Wokingham) and William Hague (Richmond)."
— 2004, Alan Trench, Has Devolution Made a Difference?: The State of the Nations 2004:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The towering ____ tree in the ancient forest can live for over two thousand years.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The ancient ____ trees in the national park were over two thousand years old and towered above all else.