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Meaning of IRONWOOD TREE

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 Definition: 
  1. [n]  medium-sized hop hornbeam of eastern North America
  2. [n]  a small slow-growing deciduous tree of northern Iran having a low domed shape
  3. [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
 
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 Synonyms: Eastern hop hornbeam, irontree, ironwood, Mesua ferrea, Ostrya virginiana, rose chestnut
 
 See Also: angiospermous tree, flowering tree, genus Mesua, genus Ostrya, genus Parrotia, hop hornbeam, Mesua, Ostrya, Parrotia, tree

 

 

 

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