Lexic.us

Definition of Ironwood tree

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. A small slow-growing deciduous tree of northern Iran having a low domed shape.

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

Lexicographical Neighbors of Ironwood Tree

ironshod ironshot ironside ironsmith ironsmithing ironsmiths ironstone ironstones ironware ironwares

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

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

Literary usage of Ironwood tree

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

1. The Maori-Polynesian Comparative Dictionary by Edward Tregear (1891)
"a cock, the male of the domestic fowl ; (c.) the ironwood tree ... Tahitian—toa, a warrior, a valiant man ; (6.) the ironwood tree ..."

2. History of Arizona by Thomas Edwin Farish (1918)
"They were married under an ironwood tree." The day after the wedding Mr. Crampton drove a six-horse Concord stage coach to Yuma with the bride and ..."

3. Outing (1893)
"On the lower branches of an ironwood tree I had some time before constructed a platform on which to sit in order that I might survey the whole field. ..."

4. Seneca Fiction, Legends, and Myths by Jeremiah Curtin, John Napoleon Brinton Hewitt (1918)
"Leaving them on the ground, she cut off her breasts and hung them on an ironwood tree. A couple of days later the father said to the elder boy, ..."

5. Jungle Sport in Ceylon from Elephant to Snipe by Marcus W. Millett (1914)
"When the fruit of the ironwood tree is ripening the natives are in great fear of the bear, as then it wanders more about during the day than at other times. ..."

6. The Indian Forester (1886)
"... hitherto, so far as I can ascertain, considered of no account. The ironwood tree, better known perhaps under its Burmese name of ..."

7. The Maori-Polynesian Comparative Dictionary by Edward Tregear (1891)
"a cock, the male of the domestic fowl ; (c.) the ironwood tree ... Tahitian—toa, a warrior, a valiant man ; (6.) the ironwood tree ..."

8. History of Arizona by Thomas Edwin Farish (1918)
"They were married under an ironwood tree." The day after the wedding Mr. Crampton drove a six-horse Concord stage coach to Yuma with the bride and ..."

9. Outing (1893)
"On the lower branches of an ironwood tree I had some time before constructed a platform on which to sit in order that I might survey the whole field. ..."

10. Seneca Fiction, Legends, and Myths by Jeremiah Curtin, John Napoleon Brinton Hewitt (1918)
"Leaving them on the ground, she cut off her breasts and hung them on an ironwood tree. A couple of days later the father said to the elder boy, ..."

11. Jungle Sport in Ceylon from Elephant to Snipe by Marcus W. Millett (1914)
"When the fruit of the ironwood tree is ripening the natives are in great fear of the bear, as then it wanders more about during the day than at other times. ..."

12. The Indian Forester (1886)
"... hitherto, so far as I can ascertain, considered of no account. The ironwood tree, better known perhaps under its Burmese name of ..."

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