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 |
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| Synonyms | ironwood tree, Mesua ferrea, rose chestnut |
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| Broader (hypernym) | tree |
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| Member meronym | genus Mesua, Mesua |
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2. | ironwood (plant) exceptionally tough or hard wood of any of a number of ironwood trees |
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| Broader (hypernym) | wood |
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3. | ironwood (plant) a small slow-growing deciduous tree of northern Iran having a low domed shape |
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| Synonyms | iron tree, iron-tree, ironwood tree |
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| Broader (hypernym) | angiospermous tree, flowering tree |
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| Member meronym | genus Parrotia, Parrotia |
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4. | ironwood (plant) medium-sized hop hornbeam of eastern North America |
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| Synonyms | Eastern hop hornbeam, ironwood tree, Ostrya virginiana |
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| Broader (hypernym) | hop hornbeam |
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| Member meronym | genus Ostrya, Ostrya |
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