ironwood

Meanings

Plural: ironwoods

Noun

• 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
• exceptionally tough or hard wood of any of a number of ironwood trees
• a small slow-growing deciduous tree of northern Iran having a low domed shape
• medium-sized hop hornbeam of eastern North America
• Any of numerous tree species known locally for having a particularly solid wood, or the wood of such species itself.
• Acacia esthrophiolata, Acacia excelsa, Acacia melanoxylon, Acacia stenophylla, or Erythrophleum chlorostachys.
• Any of numerous tree species known locally for having a particularly solid wood, or the wood of such species itself.
• Aegiphilia martinicensis
• Any of numerous tree species known locally for having a particularly solid wood, or the wood of such species itself.
• Afzelia africana
• Any of numerous tree species known locally for having a particularly solid wood, or the wood of such species itself.
• Astronium spp.
• Any of numerous tree species known locally for having a particularly solid wood, or the wood of such species itself.
• Backhousia myrtifolia
• Any of numerous tree species known locally for having a particularly solid wood, or the wood of such species itself.
• Carpinus caroliniana
• Any of numerous tree species known locally for having a particularly solid wood, or the wood of such species itself.
• Casuarina cristata
• Any of numerous tree species known locally for having a particularly solid wood, or the wood of such species itself.
• Chionanthus caymanensis
• Any of numerous tree species known locally for having a particularly solid wood, or the wood of such species itself.
• Cliftonia monophylla
• Any of numerous tree species known locally for having a particularly solid wood, or the wood of such species itself.
• Colubrina elliptica
• Any of numerous tree species known locally for having a particularly solid wood, or the wood of such species itself.
• Combretum imberbe
• Any of numerous tree species known locally for having a particularly solid wood, or the wood of such species itself.
• Cordia subcordata
• Any of numerous tree species known locally for having a particularly solid wood, or the wood of such species itself.
• Cyrilla racemiflora
• Any of numerous tree species known locally for having a particularly solid wood, or the wood of such species itself.
• Dialium guianense
• Any of numerous tree species known locally for having a particularly solid wood, or the wood of such species itself.
• Exothea paniculata
• Any of numerous tree species known locally for having a particularly solid wood, or the wood of such species itself.
• Foresteria pubescens
• Any of numerous tree species known locally for having a particularly solid wood, or the wood of such species itself.
• Gordonia haematoxylon
• Any of numerous tree species known locally for having a particularly solid wood, or the wood of such species itself.
• Gymnostoma sumatranum
• Any of numerous tree species known locally for having a particularly solid wood, or the wood of such species itself.
• Heritiera spp.
• Any of numerous tree species known locally for having a particularly solid wood, or the wood of such species itself.
• Jacquinia keyensis
• Any of numerous tree species known locally for having a particularly solid wood, or the wood of such species itself.
• Metrosideros spp.
• Any of numerous tree species known locally for having a particularly solid wood, or the wood of such species itself.
• Myracrodruon urundeuva
• Any of numerous tree species known locally for having a particularly solid wood, or the wood of such species itself.
• Paubrasilia echinata
• Any of numerous tree species known locally for having a particularly solid wood, or the wood of such species itself.
• Prunus africana
• Any of numerous tree species known locally for having a particularly solid wood, or the wood of such species itself.
• Schinopsis spp.
• Any of numerous tree species known locally for having a particularly solid wood, or the wood of such species itself.
• Schleichera oleosa
• Any of numerous tree species known locally for having a particularly solid wood, or the wood of such species itself.
• Senegalia muricata
• Any of numerous tree species known locally for having a particularly solid wood, or the wood of such species itself.
• Sideroxylon spp.
• Any of numerous tree species known locally for having a particularly solid wood, or the wood of such species itself.
• Sloania spp.
• Any of numerous tree species known locally for having a particularly solid wood, or the wood of such species itself.
• Swartzia spp.
• Any of numerous tree species known locally for having a particularly solid wood, or the wood of such species itself.
• Terminalia canescens
• Any of numerous tree species known locally for having a particularly solid wood, or the wood of such species itself.
• Thouina striata
• Any of numerous tree species known locally for having a particularly solid wood, or the wood of such species itself.
• Vachellia farnesiana

Synonyms

Eastern hop hornbeam, iron tree, iron-tree, ironwood tree, Mesua ferrea, Ostrya virginiana, rose chestnut