Ironwood Definition & Meaning
ironwood
- noun
- 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
- exceptionally tough or hard wood of any of a number of ironwood trees
- a small slow-growing deciduous tree of northern Iran having a low domed shape
- medium-sized hop hornbeam of eastern North America
"Ironwood" in song lyrics
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"silverleaf ironwood"
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"papa johns ironwood"
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"exterior stairs and ironwood"
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- What does ironwood mean?
- 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 exceptionally tough or hard wood of any of a number of ironwood trees a small slow-growing deciduous tree of northern Iran having a low domed shape medium-sized hop hornbeam of eastern North America
- What part of speech is ironwood?
- Ironwood is a noun.
- How many definitions does ironwood have?
- Ironwood has 4 definitions across 1 part of speech (noun).