coast redwood

noun

: redwood sense 3a

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Fittingly for the brand, the release was named for Hyperion, a 380-foot tall Northern California coast redwood believed to be the world’s tallest living tree. — David Thomas Tao, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 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 The parks become more crowded from Memorial Day through the rest of the summer, when the coast redwoods are shrouded in life-sustaining fog, and inland conditions are warm and sunny. — Jill K. Robinson, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 July 2025 The group then walked over to one of the park’s many coast redwood trees. — Mathew Miranda, Sacbee.com, 29 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for coast redwood

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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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