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English noun: ironwood

1. ironwood (plant) 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


Synonymsironwood tree, Mesua ferrea, rose chestnut


Broader (hypernym)tree


Member meronymgenus Mesua, Mesua

2. ironwood (plant) exceptionally tough or hard wood of any of a number of ironwood trees


Broader (hypernym)wood

3. ironwood (plant) a small slow-growing deciduous tree of northern Iran having a low domed shape


Synonymsiron tree, iron-tree, ironwood tree


Broader (hypernym)angiospermous tree, flowering tree


Member meronymgenus Parrotia, Parrotia

4. ironwood (plant) medium-sized hop hornbeam of eastern North America


SynonymsEastern hop hornbeam, ironwood tree, Ostrya virginiana


Broader (hypernym)hop hornbeam


Member meronymgenus Ostrya, Ostrya









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