ironwood
English
Etymology
From iron + wood, because of its toughness.
Noun
ironwood (countable and uncountable, plural ironwoods)
- Any of a number of tree species known locally for having a particularly solid wood, or the wood itself.
- (Australia) Any of various trees with particularly solid wood (especially Acacia esthrophiolata, Acacia excelsa or Erythrophleum chlorostachys), or the wood itself.
- 1987, Bruce Chatwin, The Songlines, Vintage 1998, p. 139:
- Lydia and the boys lived in a shabby, prefabricated house of three rooms, which had been set down in the shade of an ironwood.
- 1987, Bruce Chatwin, The Songlines, Vintage 1998, p. 139:
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Hyponyms
- Acacia estrophiolata - southern ironwood
- Androstachys johnsonii – Lebombo ironwood
- Carpinus caroliniana – American hornbeam
- Casuarina equisetifolia – common ironwood (Australia)
- Chionanthus foveolatus – pock ironwood (South Africa)
- Choricarpia subargentea - giant ironwood
- Copaifera spp. - diesel tree, kerosene tree, kupa'y, cabismo, copaúva
- Erythrophleum chlorostachys - Cooktown ironwood (Australia)
- Eusideroxylon zwageri - Borneo ironwood
- Guaiacum officinale – lignum vitae
- Guaiacum sanctum – holywood
- Holodiscus discolor - creambrush
- Hopea odorata - white thingan, Ceylon ironwood(Please check if this is already defined at target. Replace
{{vern}}with a regular link if already defined. Add novern=1 if not defined.), Malabar ironwood - Krugiodendron ferreum – black ironwood
- Lyonothamnus floribundus – Lyon tree
- Lyonothamnus lyonii – Catalina ironwood(Please check if this is already defined at target. Replace
{{vern}}with a regular link if already defined. Add novern=1 if not defined.) - Mesua ferrea(Please check if this is already defined at target. Replace
{{taxlink}}with{{taxfmt}}if already defined. Add nomul=1 if not defined.) – rose chestnut, Ceylon ironwood(Please check if this is already defined at target. Replace{{vern}}with a regular link if already defined. Add novern=1 if not defined.) - Metrosideros spp.
- Nestegis apetala - coastal maire, broad-leaved maire, broad-leaved ironwood
- Olea spp. – Various olive trees
- Olneya tesota – desert ironwood(Please check if this is already defined at target. Replace
{{vern}}with a regular link if already defined. Add novern=1 if not defined.) - Ostrya virginiana – hop hornbeam
- Parrotia persica – Persian ironwood
- Tabebuia serratifolia – yellow poui
Derived terms
Translations
any of a number of tree species known for having a particularly solid wood
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