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IRONWOOD TREE

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English dictionary: Word overview

IRONWOOD TREE (noun)
  The noun IRONWOOD TREE has 3 senses:

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
2. a small slow-growing deciduous tree of northern Iran having a low domed shape
3. medium-sized hop hornbeam of eastern North America

  Familiarity information: IRONWOOD TREE used as a noun is uncommon.


English dictionary: Word details


IRONWOOD TREE (noun)


Sense 1ironwood tree [BACK TO TOP]

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

ironwood; ironwood tree; Mesua ferrea; rose chestnut

Hypernyms ("ironwood tree" is a kind of...):

tree (a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms)

Holonyms ("ironwood tree" is a member of...):

genus Mesua; Mesua (genus of tropical Asiatic trees having large solitary flowers)


Sense 2ironwood tree [BACK TO TOP]

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

iron tree; iron-tree; ironwood tree; ironwood

Hypernyms ("ironwood tree" is a kind of...):

angiospermous tree; flowering tree (any tree having seeds and ovules contained in the ovary)

Holonyms ("ironwood tree" is a member of...):

genus Parrotia; Parrotia (one species: iron tree)


Sense 3ironwood tree [BACK TO TOP]

Meaning:

Medium-sized hop hornbeam of eastern North America

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Eastern hop hornbeam; Ostrya virginiana; ironwood tree; ironwood

Hypernyms ("ironwood tree" is a kind of...):

hop hornbeam (any of several trees resembling hornbeams with fruiting clusters resembling hops)

Holonyms ("ironwood tree" is a member of...):

genus Ostrya; Ostrya (deciduous monoecious trees of Europe and Asia and America; sometimes placed in subfamily or family Carpinaceae)


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