IRONWOOD





Definition:

  1. [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: rose chestnut, tree, Mesua ferrea

  2. [noun] exceptionally tough or hard wood of any of a number of ironwood trees

  3. [noun] a small slow-growing deciduous tree of northern Iran having a low domed shape
    Synonyms: iron tree, iron-tree, tree

  4. [noun] medium-sized hop hornbeam of eastern North America
    Synonyms: Eastern hop hornbeam, tree, Ostrya virginiana

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