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 (synset 112391066)
    is a type of: tree - a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms
    belongs to: genus mesua, mesua - genus of tropical Asiatic trees having large solitary flowers
    same as: ironwood tree, mesua ferrea, rose chestnut
  2. Exceptionally tough or hard wood of any of a number of ironwood trees (synset 112338004)
    is a type of: wood - the hard fibrous lignified substance under the bark of trees
  3. A small slow-growing deciduous tree of northern Iran having a low domed shape (synset 112337813)
    is a type of: angiospermous tree, flowering tree - any tree having seeds and ovules contained in the ovary
    belongs to: genus parrotia, parrotia - one species: iron tree
    same as: iron tree, iron-tree, ironwood tree
  4. Medium-sized hop hornbeam of eastern North America (synset 112308522)
    is a type of: hop hornbeam - any of several trees resembling hornbeams with fruiting clusters resembling hops
    belongs to: genus ostrya, ostrya - deciduous monoecious trees of Europe and Asia and America; sometimes placed in subfamily or family Carpinaceae
    same as: eastern hop hornbeam, ironwood tree, ostrya virginiana

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