coast redwood

noun

: redwood sense 3a

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The group then walked over to one of the park’s many coast redwood trees. — Mathew Miranda, Sacbee.com, 29 June 2025 The park complex also protects about 45% of the world's remaining old-growth coast redwood forests. — Emese MacZko, Forbes.com, 13 Mar. 2026 California has the tallest trees (coast redwoods), the biggest trees (giant sequoias) and the oldest trees (bristlecone pines) in the world. — Kurt Snibbe, Oc Register, 9 Sep. 2025 Virtually all coast redwoods, the world’s tallest trees, grow in a narrow, fog-laden strip stretching from Big Sur to southern Oregon. — Hailey Branson-Potts, Los Angeles Times, 9 Jan. 2025 See All Example Sentences for coast redwood

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First Known Use

circa 1897, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of coast redwood was circa 1897

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coast redwood

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