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Definition of Ironwoods
1. ironwood [n] - See also: ironwood
Lexicographical Neighbors of Ironwoods
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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