The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word REDWOOD
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More clues leading to the result REDWOOD
- Giant in forest wore odd pants
- Bloodstained club for American giant
- Timber cross we'd erroneously inscribed
- Tree found in socialist golf club?
- Dutch court owing money for big plant?
- Revolutionary court decision’s beginning significant growth
- Socialist deal, perhaps, for Conservative politician
- The growth that a revolutionary courted without energy
- Communist party on return arrested warrant officer in a Californian city
- Head of RKO and Tim Burton film something big in California
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The straight part
We know that "a Californian city" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case a californian city = redwood.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does REDWOOD mean?
REDWOOD noun- (USDA-preferred term) The species Sequoia sempervirens.
- Any of the evergreen conifers belonging to the genus Sequoia in the wide sense.
- The wood of the species Sequoia sempervirens.
- Wood of the species Pinus sylvestris.