A gigantic coniferous tree (
Sequoia sempervirens) of California, and its light and durable reddish timber. See
Sequoia. [
1913 Webster]
" 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."
[1913 Webster]