ironwood

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Etymology

From iron +‎ wood, because of its toughness.

Noun

ironwood (countable and uncountable, plural ironwoods)

  1. Any of numerous tree species known locally for having a particularly solid wood, or the wood of such species itself.
    1. (Australia) Acacia esthrophiolata, Acacia excelsa, Acacia melanoxylon, Acacia stenophylla, or Erythrophleum chlorostachys.
      • 1987, Bruce Chatwin, The Songlines, Vintage, published 1998, page 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.
    2. Aegiphilia martinicensis
    3. Afzelia africana
    4. Astronium spp.
    5. Backhousia myrtifolia
    6. Carpinus caroliniana
    7. Casuarina cristata
    8. Chionanthus caymanensis
    9. Cliftonia monophylla
    10. Colubrina elliptica
    11. Combretum imberbe
    12. Cordia subcordata
    13. Cyrilla racemiflora
    14. Dialium guianense
    15. Exothea paniculata
    16. Foresteria pubescens
    17. Gordonia haematoxylon
    18. Gymnostoma sumatranum
    19. Heritiera spp.
    20. Jacquinia keyensis
    21. Metrosideros spp.
    22. Myracrodruon urundeuva
    23. Paubrasilia echinata
    24. Prunus africana
    25. Schinopsis spp.
    26. Schleichera oleosa
    27. Senegalia muricata
    28. Sideroxylon spp.
    29. Sloania spp.
    30. Swartzia spp.
    31. Terminalia canescens
    32. Thouina striata
    33. Vachellia farnesiana

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