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

Literary usage of Ironwood

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

1. Contributions to the Pre-Cambrian Geology of Northern Michigan and Wisconsin by Rolland Craten Allen, L. P. Barrett, Ermine Cowles Case, W. I. Robinson (1915)
"This member of the ironwood formation is not exposed at the surface. The extensive explorations made by the Presque Isle Mining Co. has disclosed the ..."

2. A History of the Northern Peninsula of Michigan and Its People: Its Mining by Alvah Littlefield Sawyer (1911)
"Fraternally he belongs to ironwood Lodge, No. ... The town site of ironwood was a wilderness, giving, even to the optimist, little promise of its present ..."

3. The Indian Forester (1883)
"[We do not know of any wood in the English market known bj the name of ironwood imported from India, nor can we hear of any one who has ever seen any in the ..."

4. The Principal Species of Wood: Their Characteristic Properties by Charles Henry Snow (1908)
"Modulus of Rupture. 16300. Remarks. Prized by wheelwrights in Europe. Resemblance of bluish bark to light-gray bark of beech gave rise to name. ironwood ..."

5. Our Trees, how to Know Them by Clarence Moores Weed (1918)
"THE HOP HORNBEAM OR ironwood AONG all the leaves of the forest it would be difficult to find one of more exquisitely beautiful texture than that of the Hop ..."

6. Contributions to the Pre-Cambrian Geology of Northern Michigan and Wisconsin by Rolland Craten Allen, L. P. Barrett, Ermine Cowles Case, W. I. Robinson (1915)
"This member of the ironwood formation is not exposed at the surface. The extensive explorations made by the Presque Isle Mining Co. has disclosed the ..."

7. A History of the Northern Peninsula of Michigan and Its People: Its Mining by Alvah Littlefield Sawyer (1911)
"Fraternally he belongs to ironwood Lodge, No. ... The town site of ironwood was a wilderness, giving, even to the optimist, little promise of its present ..."

8. The Indian Forester (1883)
"[We do not know of any wood in the English market known bj the name of ironwood imported from India, nor can we hear of any one who has ever seen any in the ..."

9. The Principal Species of Wood: Their Characteristic Properties by Charles Henry Snow (1908)
"Modulus of Rupture. 16300. Remarks. Prized by wheelwrights in Europe. Resemblance of bluish bark to light-gray bark of beech gave rise to name. ironwood ..."

10. Our Trees, how to Know Them by Clarence Moores Weed (1918)
"THE HOP HORNBEAM OR ironwood AONG all the leaves of the forest it would be difficult to find one of more exquisitely beautiful texture than that of the Hop ..."

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