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Meaning of ironwood

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  ironwood
      n 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 [syn: {rose chestnut}, {ironwood}, {ironwood tree},
           {Mesua ferrea}]
      2: exceptionally tough or hard wood of any of a number of
         ironwood trees
      3: a small slow-growing deciduous tree of northern Iran having a
         low domed shape [syn: {iron tree}, {iron-tree}, {ironwood},
         {ironwood tree}]
      4: medium-sized hop hornbeam of eastern North America [syn:
         {Eastern hop hornbeam}, {ironwood}, {ironwood tree}, {Ostrya
         virginiana}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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