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IRONWOOD
ironwood
(noun) exceptionally tough or hard wood of any of a number of ironwood trees
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
ironwood (countable and uncountable, plural ironwoods)
(countable) Any of a number of tree species known for having a particularly solid wood.
(uncountable) The wood of any ironwood tree.
Hyponyms
• Acacia estrophiolata - southern ironwood
• Androstachys johnsonii – Lebombo ironwood
• Carpinus caroliniana – American hornbeam
• Casuarina equisetifolia – common ironwood (Australia)
• Chionanthus foveolatus – pock ironwood (South Africa)
• Choricarpia subargentea - giant ironwood
• Copaifera spp. - diesel tree, kerosene tree, kupa'y, cabismo, copaúva
• Erythrophleum chlorostachys - Cooktown ironwood (Australia)
• Eusideroxylon zwageri - Borneo ironwood
• Guaiacum officinale – lignum vitae
• Guaiacum sanctum – holywood
• Holodiscus discolor - creambrush
• Hopea odorata - white thingan, Ceylon ironwood, Malabar ironwood
• Krugiodendron ferreum – black ironwood
• Lyonothamnus floribundus – Lyon tree
• Lyonothamnus lyonii – Catalina ironwood
• Mesua ferrea – rose chestnut, Ceylon ironwood
• Metrosideros spp.
• Nestegis apetala - coastal maire, broad-leaved maire, broad-leaved ironwood
• Olea spp. – Various olive trees
• Olneya tesota – desert ironwood
• Ostrya virginiana – hop hornbeam
• Parrotia persica – Persian ironwood
• Tabebuia serratifolia – yellow poui
Source: Wiktionary
I"ron*wood`, n. (Bot.)
Definition: 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.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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