ironwood

i·ron·wood  (rn-wd)

n.

1. Any of numerous trees, such as the hornbeam and the hop hornbeam, that have very hard wood.

2. The wood of any of these trees.

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ironwood [ˈaɪənˌwʊd]

n

1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) any of various betulaceous trees, such as hornbeam, that have very hard wood

2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) a Californian rosaceous tree, Lyonothamnus floribundus, with very hard wood

3. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) any of various other trees with hard wood, such as the mopani

4. the wood of any of these trees

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	ironwood - 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 ironwood tree, Mesua ferrea, rose chestnut genus Mesua, Mesua - genus of tropical Asiatic trees having large solitary flowers tree - a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms
	2.	ironwood - exceptionally tough or hard wood of any of a number of ironwood trees wood - the hard fibrous lignified substance under the bark of trees
	3.	ironwood - a small slow-growing deciduous tree of northern Iran having a low domed shape iron tree, iron-tree, ironwood tree genus Parrotia, Parrotia - one species: iron tree angiospermous tree, flowering tree - any tree having seeds and ovules contained in the ovary
	4.	ironwood - medium-sized hop hornbeam of eastern North America Eastern hop hornbeam, Ostrya virginiana, ironwood tree genus Ostrya, Ostrya - deciduous monoecious trees of Europe and Asia and America; sometimes placed in subfamily or family Carpinaceae hop hornbeam - any of several trees resembling hornbeams with fruiting clusters resembling hops