ironwood — noun 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 • Hypernyms … Useful english dictionary
Ironwood Forest National Monument — Infobox protected area | name = Ironwood Forest National Monument iucn category = III caption = locator x = 57 locator y = 117 location = Pima County Pinal County, Arizona, USA nearest city = Tucson, AZ coords = coord|32.4589576| 111.5667845|type … Wikipedia
ironwood — noun a) Any of a number of tree species known for having a particularly solid wood.<!We could put a list somewhere, but Im not sure where... b) The wood of any ironwood tree … Wiktionary
Ironwood — may refer to:PlantsAny particular wood that has a reputation for hardness. Usage of the name may (or may not) include the tree that yields this wood. Species involved include: * Acacia estrophiolata Southern ironwood * Androstachys johnsonii –… … Wikipedia
Ironwood — I ron*wood , n. (Bot.) A tree unusually hard, strong, or heavy wood. [1913 Webster] 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… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
tree — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. plant, sapling, scrub, shrub, bush; timber; whiffletree; stake; gibbet, gallows; family tree, pedigree, lineage. See vegetable, ancestry. II (Roget s IV) n. Common types of trees include: ash, elm,… … English dictionary for students
ironwood — /uy euhrn wood /, n. 1. any of various trees yielding a hard, heavy wood, as the American hornbeam, Carpinus caroliniana, or Lyonothamnus floribundus, found on the islands off the coast of S California. 2. the wood of any of these trees. [1650… … Universalium
ironwood — 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} … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
ironwood — Ironbark I ron*bark , Ironbark tree I ron*bark tree (Bot.) The Australian {Eucalyptus Sideroxylon}, used largely by carpenters and shipbuilders; called also {ironwood}. Also applied to other Australian eucalyptuses with a hard, solid bark [1913… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
ironwood — asiūklinė kazuarina statusas T sritis vardynas apibrėžtis Kazuarininių šeimos dekoratyvinis, medieninis, pluoštinis augalas (Casuarina equisetifolia), paplitęs pietų Azijoje, Australijoje ir Okeanijoje. atitikmenys: lot. Casuarina equisetifolia… … Lithuanian dictionary (lietuvių žodynas)
