Hypertext Webster Gateway: "ironwood"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Ironbark tree \I"ron*bark` tree`\ (Bot.)
The Australian {Eucalyptus Sideroxylon}, used largely by
carpenters and shipbuilders; -- called also {ironwood}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Ironwood \I"ron*wood`\, n. (Bot.)
A tree unusually hard, strong, or heavy wood.
Note: 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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Titi \Ti"ti\, n. [Orig. uncert.]
1. A tree of the southern United States ({Cliftonia
monophylla}) having glossy leaves and racemes of fragrant
white flowers succeeded by one-seeded drupes; -- called
also {black titi}, {buckwheat tree}, and {ironwood}.
2. Any related tree of the genus {Cyrilla}, often disting. as
{white titi}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Hornbeam \Horn"beam`\, n. [See {Beam}.] (Bot.)
A tree of the genus {Carpinus} ({C. Americana}), having a
smooth gray bark and a ridged trunk, the wood being white and
very hard. It is common along the banks of streams in the
United States, and is also called {ironwood}. The English
hornbeam is {C. Betulus}. The American is called also {blue
beech} and {water beech}.
{Hop hornbeam}. (Bot.) See under {Hop}.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
ironwood
n 1: 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 [syn: {rose chestnut}, {ironwood tree}, {Mesua
ferrea}]
2: exceptionally tough or hard wood of any of a number of
ironwood trees
3: a small slow-growing deciduous tree of northern Iran having
a low domed shape [syn: {irontree}, {ironwood tree}]
4: medium-sized hop hornbeam of eastern North America [syn: {Eastern
hop hornbeam}, {ironwood tree}, {Ostrya virginiana}]
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