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ironwood::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | eastern hop hornbeam, ironwood tree, ostrya virginiana |
| Type of | hop hornbeam |
ironwood::noun | Spocien Dictionary
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
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | ironwood tree, mesua ferrea, rose chestnut |
| Type of | tree |
ironwood::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | iron-tree, iron tree, ironwood tree |
| Type of | flowering tree, angiospermous tree |
ironwood::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Type of | wood |
Examples of ironwood
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The people of Nias build omo sebua houses on massive ironwood pillars with towering roofs.
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Other common names include ironwood, bull-oak or buloke, and beefwood.
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The floor is elevated, leaving intact a 150-year-old ironwood tree.
From the economist.com
The boat was constructed of ironwood and trimmed in teak and a red-hued wood called lengua.
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Also known as ironwood, American Indians used the wood for fish hooks and to barbecue salmon.
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Hornbeams yield a very hard timber, giving rise to the name ironwood.
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Old ironwood beams in the ceilings were removed and later repurposed as steps for the staircase.
From the post-gazette.com
Unique to southwestern Morocco, the trees produce a hard wood, called ironwood, used for fuel.
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According to botanists this is the only ironwood forest in the dry zone with wet zone vegetation.
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- Rose chestnut: 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
- Iron tree: a small slow-growing deciduous tree of northern Iran having a low domed shape
- Eastern hop hornbeam: medium-sized hop hornbeam of eastern North America
- Ironwood is a common name for a large number of woods that have a reputation for hardness. Usage of the name may (or may not) include the tree that yields this wood. ...
- Ironwood is a pornographic comic book series written and drawn by Bill Willingham in the 1990s, published in the United States by Eros Comix. It ran for 11 issues. ...
- Ironwood is a city in Gogebic County in the U.S. state of Michigan, about south of Lake Superior. The population was 6,293 at the 2000 census. The city is on US 2 and is situated opposite the Montreal River from Hurley, Wisconsin. ...
- A tropical hardwood timber, Erythrophleum chlorostachys, highly resonant from which a variety of items are made, in particular, clapsticks.
- The abode of giantesses called Jarnveds.
