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1. (n.) ironwood
any of various trees, as the hornbeam, yielding a hard, heavy wood.
Etymology: (1650–60)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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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
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) ironwood
a tree unusually hard, strong, or heavy wood
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