Lexic.us

Definition of Ironwood

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.

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.

4. Noun. Medium-sized hop hornbeam of eastern North America.

Definition of Ironwood

1. n. A tree unusually hard, strong, or heavy wood.

Definition of Ironwood

1. Noun. Any of a number of tree species known for having a particularly solid wood. ¹

2. Noun. The wood of any ironwood tree. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Ironwood

1. a hardwood tree [n -S]

Medical Definition of Ironwood

1. A tree unusually hard, strong, or heavy wood. 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: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Ironwood

irons in the fire ironshod ironshot ironside ironsmith ironsmithing ironsmiths ironstone ironstones ironware

ironwares ironweed ironweeds ironwoman ironwomen ironwood (current term) ironwood tree ironwoods ironwork ironworker

ironworkers ironworking ironworks ironwort irony irony mark irony marks iroquois irori irous

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