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n. Any of numerous trees, such as the hornbeam and the hop hornbeam, that have very hard wood.

n. The wood of any of these trees.

n. Any of a number of tree species known for having a particularly solid wood.

n. The wood of any ironwood tree.

n. A tree unusually hard, strong, or heavy wood.

n. One of numerous species of peculiarly hard-wooded trees, belonging to many orders and widely distributed.

n. In Polynesia, Casuarina equisetifolia, a littoral tree with jointed leafless branches and very hard and heavy wood: used by the natives for making spears. See horsetail-tree and agoho.

n. A large tree of the myrtle family, Metrosideros lucida, yielding a very hard, strong, red wood, which is used for ship-building, spokes, hubs, and cross-ties for railways.

n. exceptionally tough or hard wood of any of a number of ironwood trees

n. medium-sized hop hornbeam of eastern North America

n. 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

n. a small slow-growing deciduous tree of northern Iran having a low domed shape

"Back in Maine, the term ironwood clearly referred to the common hop hornbeam."

wood    hop hornbeam    tree    flowering tree    angiospermous tree   

small-leaved ironwood    ceylon ironwood    queensland ironwood    santa cruz ironwood    scrub ironwood    seychelles ironwood    new zealand ironwood   

Erythrophleum chlorostachys    thingan    Olea    Guaiacum officinale    Casuarina equisetifolia    Nestegis apetala    Chionanthus foveolatus    Lyonothamnus lyonii    Carpinus caroliniana    Krugiodendron ferreum   

viburnum    persimmon    satinwood    mangrove    sumach    guava    papaw    metal-tipped    redbud    hardwood