Definition of Ironwoods

1. Noun. (plural of ironwood) ¹

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Definition of Ironwoods

1. ironwood [n] - See also: ironwood

Lexicographical Neighbors of Ironwoods

ironshot
ironside
ironsmith
ironsmithing
ironsmiths
ironstone
ironstones
ironware
ironwares
ironweed
ironweeds
ironwoman
ironwomen
ironwood
ironwood tree
ironwoods (current term)
ironwork
ironworker
ironworkers
ironworking
ironworks
ironwort
irony
irony mark
irony marks
iroquois
irori
irous
irradiance
irradiances

Literary usage of Ironwoods

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Minnesota Plant Life by Conway MacMillan (1899)
"The smaller trees are ironwoods and hop-hornbeams. Lake Calhoun. After photograph by Hibbard. at the base. They are among the most valuable of the hardwood ..."

2. Reports of the Survey (1899)
"ironwoods. Of ironwoods there is a single species in Minnesota, known also as the water-beech or hornbeam. This plant is a small tree with very strong, ..."

3. The Island of Guam by Leonard Martin Cox, Edward John Dorn, Kenneth Chafee McIntosh, Merlyn Grail Cook, Allen H. White, United States Navy Dept (1917)
"... while just inside the belt of ironwoods the waving tops of the coconut palms promise a refreshing drink. Another little inlet ends this grove, ..."

4. The Auk: Quarterly Journal of Ornithology by American Ornithologists' Union, Nuttall Ornithological Club (1893)
"Of the deciduous trees the hard maple is by far the most numerous, with many elms, beeches, white birches, and a few oaks, ironwoods, black birches, ..."

5. Minnesota Plant Life by Conway MacMillan (1899)
"The smaller trees are ironwoods and hop-hornbeams. Lake Calhoun. After photograph by Hibbard. at the base. They are among the most valuable of the hardwood ..."

6. Reports of the Survey (1899)
"ironwoods. Of ironwoods there is a single species in Minnesota, known also as the water-beech or hornbeam. This plant is a small tree with very strong, ..."

7. The Island of Guam by Leonard Martin Cox, Edward John Dorn, Kenneth Chafee McIntosh, Merlyn Grail Cook, Allen H. White, United States Navy Dept (1917)
"... while just inside the belt of ironwoods the waving tops of the coconut palms promise a refreshing drink. Another little inlet ends this grove, ..."

8. The Auk: Quarterly Journal of Ornithology by American Ornithologists' Union, Nuttall Ornithological Club (1893)
"Of the deciduous trees the hard maple is by far the most numerous, with many elms, beeches, white birches, and a few oaks, ironwoods, black birches, ..."

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