Synonyms for
Redwood
Definition
a large evergreen tree with reddish-brown bark, found in California
Synonyms & similar words
Common collocations
- giant redwood
- coast redwood
- redwood forest
- redwood tree
- redwood bark
- redwood lumber
- redwood empire
Word family
noun redwood
Usage note
Redwood specifically refers to coniferous trees of the genus Sequoia, particularly Sequoia sempervirens (coast redwood) and Sequoiadendron giganteum (giant redwood). It is not a general term for any large tree.
Example sentences
- The redwood forest is a beautiful place to visit.
- We saw a redwood tree that was over 300 feet tall.
- The redwood tree has a very unique bark texture.
- The redwood tree is an important part of the California ecosystem.
- The redwood tree is one of the largest living organisms on Earth.
Quotes
I never saw a discontented tree. They grip the ground as though they liked it, and though fast rooted, they travel about as far as we do.
The redwoods, once seen, leave a mark or create a vision that stays with you always. No one has ever successfully painted or photographed a redwood tree. The feeling they produce is not transferable. From them comes silence and awe. It's not only their unbelievable stature, nor the color which seems to shift and vary under your eyes, no, they are not like any trees we know, they are ambassadors from another time.
The redwoods, which tower above us like a grove of living towers, may seem to be different from us in every way. But we share a common ancestor, and the more we learn about these giants, the more we realize how much we still have to learn.