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NOUN (4)

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]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Hornbeam \Horn"beam`\, n. [See Beam.] (Bot.) A tree of the genus Carpinus (Carpinus Americana), having a smooth gray bark and a ridged trunk, the wood being white and very hard. It is common along the banks of streams in the United States, and is also called ironwood. The English hornbeam is Carpinus Betulus. The American is called also blue beech and water beech. [1913 Webster] Hop hornbeam. (Bot.) See under Hop. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Ironbark \I"ron*bark`\, Ironbark tree \I"ron*bark` tree`\ (Bot.) The Australian Eucalyptus Sideroxylon, used largely by carpenters and shipbuilders; -- called also ironwood. Also applied to other Australian eucalyptuses with a hard, solid bark [1913 Webster +PJC]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Ironwood \I"ron*wood`\, n. (Bot.) A tree unusually hard, strong, or heavy wood. [1913 Webster] Note: In the United States, the hornbeam and the hop hornbeam are so called; also the Olneya Tesota, a small tree of Arizona; in the West Indies, the Erythroxylon areolatum, and several other unrelated trees; in China, the Metrosideros vera; in India, the Mesua ferrea, and two species of Inga; in Australia, the Eucalyptus Sideroxylon, and in many countries, species of Sideroxylon and Diospyros, and many other trees. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Titi \Ti"ti\, n. [Orig. uncert.] 1. A tree of the southern United States (Cliftonia monophylla) having glossy leaves and racemes of fragrant white flowers succeeded by one-seeded drupes; -- called also black titi, buckwheat tree, and ironwood. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] 2. Any related tree of the genus Cyrilla, often disting. as white titi. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

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]
U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000):

Ironwood, MI -- U.S. city in Michigan Population (2000): 6293 Housing Units (2000): 3349 Land area (2000): 6.553472 sq. miles (16.973415 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km) Total area (2000): 6.553472 sq. miles (16.973415 sq. km) FIPS code: 41060 Located within: Michigan (MI), FIPS 26 Location: 46.455931 N, 90.159378 W ZIP Codes (1990): 49938 Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs. Headwords: Ironwood, MI Ironwood