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 Definitions of ironwood  [ˈaɪ ərnˌwʊd]  

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Definition of 'ironwood' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) ironwood
any of various trees, as the hornbeam, yielding a hard, heavy wood.

Etymology:  (1650–60)

Definition of 'ironwood' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) rose chestnut, ironwood, ironwood tree, Mesua ferrea
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. (noun) ironwood
exceptionally tough or hard wood of any of a number of ironwood trees

3. (noun) iron tree, iron-tree, ironwood, ironwood tree
a small slow-growing deciduous tree of northern Iran having a low domed shape

4. (noun) Eastern hop hornbeam, ironwood, ironwood tree, Ostrya virginiana
medium-sized hop hornbeam of eastern North America


Definition of 'ironwood' Webster Dictionary 

1. (noun) ironwood
a tree unusually hard, strong, or heavy wood



'ironwood' - Nearby Entries  

iron-tree  ironware  ironweed  ironwood  ironwood tree  ironwork  ironworker  



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