Ironwood
WordNet
noun
(1) Medium-sized hop hornbeam of eastern North America
(2) A small slow-growing deciduous tree of northern Iran having a low domed shape
(3) Exceptionally tough or hard wood of any of a number of ironwood trees
(4) 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
WiktionaryText
Noun
- Any of a number of tree species known for having a particularly solid wood.
- The wood of any ironwood tree.
Hyponyms
- Acacia estrophiolata - Southern ironwood
- Androstachys johnsonii – Lebombo ironwood
- Carpinus caroliniana – American hornbeam
- Casuarina equisetifolia – Common ironwood (Australia)
- Chionanthus foveolatus – Pock ironwood (South Africa)
- Choricarpia subargentea - Giant ironwood
- Copaifera spp. - Diesel Tree, Kerosene Tree, Kupa'y, Cabismo or Copaúva
- Erythrophleum chlorostachys Cooktown ironwood (Australia)
- Eusideroxylon zwageri - Borneo ironwood
- Guaiacum officinale – Lignum vitae
- Guaiacum sanctum – Holywood
- Holodiscus discolor - Creambrush
- Hopea odorata - White thingan, Ceylon or Malabar ironwood
- Krugiodendron ferreum – Black Ironwood
- Lyonothamnus floribundus – Lyon tree
- Lyonothamnus lyonii – Catalina ironwood
- Mesua ferrea – Rose chestnut or Ceylon ironwood
- Nestegis apetala - Coastal maire, Broad-leaved maire or Ironwood
- Olea spp. – Various olive trees
- Olneya tesota – Desert ironwood
- Ostrya virginiana – Hop hornbeam
- Parrotia persica – Persian ironwood
- Tabebuia serratifolia – Yellow poui