ironwood

Definition of Ironwood in English :

Noun

1. ironwood, ironwood tree, mesua ferrea, rose chestnut

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

2. ironwood

exceptionally tough or hard wood of any of a number of ironwood trees

3. iron tree, iron-tree, ironwood, ironwood tree

a small slow-growing deciduous tree of northern Iran having a low domed shape

4. eastern hop hornbeam, ironwood, ironwood tree, ostrya virginiana

medium-sized hop hornbeam of eastern North America

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Ironwood

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noun

1.

any of various betulaceous trees, such as hornbeam, that have very hard wood

2.

a Californian rosaceous tree, Lyonothamnus floribundus, with very hard wood

3.

any of various other trees with hard wood, such as the mopani

4.

the wood of any of these trees

Ironwood

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noun

1.

any of various trees, esp. hornbeam and hop hornbeam, with extremely hard, heavy wood

2.

the wood of an ironwood

Ironwood

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n.

1. Any of numerous trees, such as the hornbeam and the hop hornbeam, that have very hard wood.

2. The wood of any of these trees.

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