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ironwood

DEFINITIONS OF: ironwood

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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:
Mesua ferrea, ironwood tree, rose chestnut
Type of:
tree
a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms

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

Synonyms:
iron tree, iron-tree, ironwood tree
Type of:
angiospermous tree, flowering tree
any tree having seeds and ovules contained in the ovary

n medium-sized hop hornbeam of eastern North America

Synonyms:
Eastern hop hornbeam, Ostrya virginiana, ironwood tree
Type of:
hop hornbeam
any of several trees resembling hornbeams with fruiting clusters resembling hops

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

Type of:
wood
the hard fibrous lignified substance under the bark of trees
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