dawn redwood

noun

: a metasequoia (Metasequoia glyptostroboides) of China resembling the coast redwood but having deciduous foliage

Examples of dawn redwood in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

For tens of thousands, Marders will find 100-foot-plus dawn redwoods, dig them up, get permitting, and move and plant them into your yard. — Ben Kesslen, Curbed, 29 June 2026

In 2020, our founder planted hundreds of hosta plants behind her chicken coops under the dappled shade of the property's stately dawn redwoods. — Michele Laufik, Martha Stewart, 29 May 2026

View gallery - 31 images Just outside the dense urban fabric of Wuhan, China, a cluster of cabins has appeared amongst the tall dawn redwood forest. — New Atlas, 22 Nov. 2025

The alligators of Arctic Canada lay motionless in the swamps to wait out months of polar night, as dawn redwoods filtered the starlight. — Peter Brannen, Quanta Magazine, 15 Sep. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1948, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for dawn redwood

• adulthood
• babyhood
• brotherhood
• cottonwood
• fatherhood
• firewood
• fuelwood
• hardihood
• ironwood
• leatherwood
• likelihood
• livelihood