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COAST REDWOOD
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Lofty evergreen of United States coastal foothills from Oregon to Big Sur; it flourishes in wet, rainy, foggy habitats
Synonyms:
California redwood; coast redwood; Sequoia sempervirens
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("coast redwood" is a kind of...):
redwood; sequoia (either of two huge coniferous California trees that reach a height of 300 feet; sometimes placed in the Taxodiaceae)
Holonyms ("coast redwood" is a member of...):
genus Sequoia (redwoods; until recently considered a genus of a separate family Taxodiaceae)