Definition of Ironwaod
I"ron*wood` (?), n. (Bot.)
A tree unusually hard, strong, or heavy wood.
&fist; 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.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
- A small North American tree, Carpinus carolinianus, with very hard wood. Also called American hornbeam.
- The wood of the ironwood tree.
- Ipe wood from various trees of the genus Tabebuia.
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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