Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Metrosideros"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Metrosideros \Met`ro*si*de"ros\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ? heart of a
tree + ? iron.] (Bot.)
A myrtaceous genus of trees or shrubs, found in Australia and
the South Sea Islands, and having very hard wood.
Metrosideros vera is the true ironwood.
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