Meaning of IRONWOOD
| Pronunciation: | | 'Iurn`wûd
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- [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
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IRONWOOD is a 8 letter word that starts with I. |
| | Synonyms: | | Eastern hop hornbeam, irontree, ironwood tree, Mesua ferrea, Ostrya virginiana, rose chestnut |
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| | See Also: | | angiospermous tree, flowering tree, genus Mesua, genus Ostrya, genus Parrotia, hop hornbeam, Mesua, Ostrya, Parrotia, tree, wood | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \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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