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Webster 1913 Edition
Ironwood
I′ron-woodˊ
,Noun.
(Bot.)
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. Webster 1828 Edition
Ironwood
I'RONWOOD
,Noun.
Definition 2024
ironwood
ironwood
English
Noun
ironwood (countable and uncountable, plural ironwoods)
- (countable) Any of a number of tree species known for having a particularly solid wood.
- (uncountable) The wood of any ironwood tree.
Hyponyms
- Acacia estrophiolata - southern ironwood
- Androstachys johnsonii – Lebombo ironwood
- Carpinus caroliniana – American hornbeam
- Casuarina equisetifolia – common ironwood (Australia)
- Chionanthus foveolatus – pock ironwood (South Africa)
- Choricarpia subargentea - giant ironwood
- Copaifera spp. - diesel tree, kerosene tree, kupa'y, cabismo, copaúva
- Erythrophleum chlorostachys - Cooktown ironwood (Australia)
- Eusideroxylon zwageri - Borneo ironwood
- Guaiacum officinale – lignum vitae
- Guaiacum sanctum – holywood
- Holodiscus discolor - creambrush
- Hopea odorata - white thingan, Ceylon ironwood, Malabar ironwood
- Krugiodendron ferreum – black ironwood
- Lyonothamnus floribundus – Lyon tree
- Lyonothamnus lyonii – Catalina ironwood
- Mesua ferrea – rose chestnut, Ceylon ironwood
- Metrosideros spp.
- Nestegis apetala - coastal maire, broad-leaved maire, broad-leaved ironwood
- Olea spp. – Various olive trees
- Olneya tesota – desert ironwood
- Ostrya virginiana – hop hornbeam
- Parrotia persica – Persian ironwood
- Tabebuia serratifolia – yellow poui