ironwood tree
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, Mesua ferrea
• Hypernyms:
tree
• Member Holonyms:
Mesua, genus Mesua
2. a small slow-growing deciduous tree of northern Iran having a low domed shape
• Syn:
iron tree, iron-tree, ironwood
• Hypernyms:
angiospermous tree, flowering tree
• Member Holonyms:
Parrotia, genus Parrotia
3. medium-sized hop hornbeam of eastern North America
• Syn:
Eastern hop hornbeam, ironwood, Ostrya virginiana
• Hypernyms:
hop hornbeam
• Member Holonyms:
Ostrya, genus Ostrya
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