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Definition of Coast redwood

1. Noun. Lofty evergreen of United States coastal foothills from Oregon to Big Sur; it flourishes in wet, rainy, foggy habitats.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Coast Redwood

Literary usage of Coast redwood

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Cyclopedia of American Horticulture: Comprising Suggestions for Cultivation by Liberty Hyde Bailey, Wilhelm Miller (1902)
"At the present time the coast redwood occupies only a narrow belt of country near the ocean, nor is it continuous even there; ..."

2. The Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture: A Discussion for the Amateur, and ...by Liberty Hyde Bailey by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1917)
"At the present time the coast redwood occupies only a narrow belt of country near the Pacific Ocean, nor is it continuous even there; the giant redwood, ..."

3. Nature and Science on the Pacific Coast: A Guide-book for Scientific by Pacific Coast Committee (1915)
"The coast redwood (Sequoia sempervirens) is a scarcely less remarkable tree ... No other tree is able to compete with the coast redwood in its chosen home, ..."

4. Ecology and Conservation of the Marbled Murrelet by C. John Ralph (1997)
"In California, nest stands were dominated by coast redwood and Douglas-fir, with a component of western hemlock and Sitka spruce in some nest stands. ..."

5. Outdoor Heritage by Harold Child Bryant (1919)
"Without claim to being the largest of trees, the coast redwood can probably claim the distinction of being the tallest of trees. Even when one stands among ..."

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