IRONWOOD

Definition of IRONWOOD

  1. (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
  2. (noun)exceptionally tough or hard wood of any of a number of ironwood trees
  3. (noun)a small slow-growing deciduous tree of northern Iran having a low domed shape
  4. (noun)medium-sized hop hornbeam of eastern North America