HyperDic: rose_chestnut

English > 1 sense of the expression rose chestnut:
NOUNplantrose chestnut, ironwood, ironwood tree, Mesua ferreahandsome East Indian evergreen tree often planted as an ornamental for its fragrant white flowers that yield a perfume
English > rose chestnut: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
Meaninghandsome 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.
Synonymsironwood, ironwood tree, Mesua ferrea
Member ofMesua, genus Mesuagenus of tropical Asiatic trees having large solitary flowers
BroadertreeA tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown

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