Ironwood - Definition

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]