NOUN | plant | ironwood, rose chestnut, ironwood tree, Mesua ferrea | handsome East Indian evergreen tree often planted as an ornamental for its fragrant white flowers that yield a perfume |
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plant | ironwood | exceptionally tough / tough or hard wood of any of a number of ironwood ... / ironwood ... / ironwood trees | |
plant | ironwood, iron tree, iron-tree, ironwood tree | a small slow-growing deciduous tree of northern Iran having a low domed shape | |
plant | ironwood, Eastern hop hornbeam, ironwood tree, Ostrya virginiana | medium-sized hop hornbeam of eastern North America |
Sounds | ay'ernwuh.d | |
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Rhymes | adulthood ... wormwood: 60 rhymes with uhd... |
Meaning | 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. | |
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Synonyms | rose chestnut, ironwood tree, Mesua ferrea | |
Member of | Mesua, genus Mesua | genus of tropical Asiatic trees having large solitary flowers |
Broader | tree | A tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown |
Meaning | exceptionally tough / tough or hard wood of any of a number of ironwood ... / ironwood ... / ironwood trees. | |
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Broader | wood | The hard fibrous lignified substance under the bark of trees |
Meaning | A small slow-growing deciduous tree of northern Iran having a low domed shape. | |
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Synonyms | iron tree, iron-tree, ironwood tree | |
Member of | Parrotia, genus Parrotia | One species |
Broader | angiospermous tree, flowering tree | Any tree having seeds and ovules contained in the ovary |
Meaning | medium-sized hop hornbeam of eastern North America. | |
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Synonyms | Eastern hop hornbeam, ironwood tree, Ostrya virginiana | |
Member of | Ostrya, genus Ostrya | deciduous monoecious trees of Europe and Asia and America |
Broader | hop hornbeam | Any of several trees resembling hornbeams with fruiting clusters resembling hops |
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