ironwood

6 definitions found

ironwood - 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]

  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]

  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]

  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.]

ironwood - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  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
         ]

ironwood - U.S. Gazetteer (1990) :

  Ironwood, MI (city, FIPS 41060)
    Location: 46.45446 N, 90.15256 W
    Population (1990): 6849 (3410 housing units)
    Area: 15.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
    Zip code(s): 49938