ironwood

1. (noun) exceptionally tough or hard wood of any of a number of ironwood trees
Related Words: wood

2. (noun) medium-sized hop hornbeam of eastern North America
Synonyms: Eastern hop hornbeam, Ostrya virginiana, ironwood tree
Related Words: hop hornbeam

3. (noun) a small slow-growing deciduous tree of northern Iran having a low domed shape
Synonyms: irontree, ironwood tree
Related Words: angiospermous tree, flowering tree

4. (noun) 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: Mesua ferrea, ironwood tree, rose chestnut
Related Words: tree



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