ironwood tree

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Noun	1.	ironwood tree - 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, 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 tree - a small slow-growing deciduous tree of northern Iran having a low domed shape iron tree, iron-tree, ironwood genus Parrotia, Parrotia - one species: iron tree angiospermous tree, flowering tree - any tree having seeds and ovules contained in the ovary
	3.	ironwood tree - medium-sized hop hornbeam of eastern North America Eastern hop hornbeam, Ostrya virginiana, ironwood 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