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iron-tree A name (more or less local) for various trees and shrubs with very hard wood, as Ixora ferrea of the West Indies (also called hardwood), and Mesua ferrea of the East Indies (also called ironwood).
1719De Foe Crusoe i. v, A tree..which in the Brazils they call the Iron Tree, for its exceeding hardness. 1836Macgillivray tr. Humboldt's Trav. iii. 53 Two species of iron-tree, the arbutus callicarpa, and other evergreens, adorn this zone. 1859Tennent Ceylon I. i. iii. 94 Near every Buddhist temple the priests plant the Iron tree..for the sake of its flowers. |