кра́сное де́рево — meaning in English

English meaning

• mahogany noun A hard, reddish-brown tropical wood prized for furniture-making, or the tree it comes from.
• redwood noun A very tall evergreen tree native to the coast of California, or its reddish timber.
• sequoia noun Sequoiadendron giganteum, a coniferous evergreen tree formerly in the genus Sequoia, now placed in Sequoiadendron.

Senses

кра́сное де́рево is used for these senses in English:

• mahogany (countable) Any of the trees from which such wood comes. [from 18th c.]
• redwood (uncountable) Wood of the species Sequoia sempervirens.

mahogany — full definition

1. noun A hard, reddish-brown tropical wood prized for furniture-making, or the tree it comes from.
2. noun A warm reddish-brown colour, like that of the wood.

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