About The Word Ironwood
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Ironwood
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What's The Definition Of Ironwood?
[n] medium-sized hop hornbeam of eastern North America
[n] a small slow-growing deciduous tree of northern Iran having a low domed shape [n] exceptionally tough or hard wood of any of a number of ironwood trees [n] handsome East Indian evergreen tree often planted as an ornamental for its fragrant white flowers that yield a perfume; source of very heavy hardwood used for railroad ties Synonyms | Synonyms for Ironwood: Eastern hop hornbeam | irontree | ironwood tree | Mesua ferrea | Ostrya virginiana | rose chestnut Related Terms | Find terms related to Ironwood: See Also | angiospermous tree | flowering tree | genus Mesua | genus Ostrya | genus Parrotia | hop hornbeam | Mesua | Ostrya | Parrotia | tree | wood Ironwood In Webster's Dictionary \I"ron*wood`\, n. (Bot.)
A tree unusually hard, strong, or heavy wood.
Note: In the United States, the hornbeam and the hop hornbeam
are so called; also the {Olneya Tesota}, a small tree
of Arizona; in the West Indies, the {Erythroxylon
areolatum}, and several other unrelated trees; in
China, the {Metrosideros vera}; in India, the {Mesua
ferrea}, and two species of {Inga}; in Australia, the
{Eucalyptus Sideroxylon}, and in many countries,
species of {Sideroxylon} and {Diospyros}, and many
other trees.
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