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A tall, long-living evergreen tree that grows on the western coast of North America.

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  • A hypocrite is the kind of politician who would cut down a redwood tree, then mount the stump and make a speech for conservation.
  • The broadest recorded coast redwood is 20 feet in diameter.
  • I think cutting down a redwood is the moral equivilant of murdering a human being. previous - next
  • My house is going on 160 years old, built entirely of redwood, which is largely the reason it's still here in termite-land.
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