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Definition of ironwood in English: ironwoodnoun ˈʌɪənwʊdˈīərnˌwo͝od Any of a number of trees that produce very hard timber. a southern African tree of the olive family (Olea laurifolia, family Oleaceae). a North American tree related to the hornbeam (Ostrya virginiana, family Betulaceae). Example sentencesExamples - The ironwood's branches are thick with growth.
- Sugar maples commonly share the forest with ironwood, beech, basswood, white ash, black cherry, yellow birch, white pine, and red oak.
- Foothill palo verde and ironwood - two small trees in the legume family - almost always dominate the dry streambeds.
- Later we tour his plantation, through virgin forest of soaring ironwood and banyan trees and rustly arcades of cardamom leaves, with clusters of young green pods at the base.
- The three dominant tree species of the forest canopy are sugar maple, ironwood, and white ash.
Definition of ironwood in US English: ironwoodnounˈīərnˌwo͝od Any of a number of trees that produce very hard timber. another term for the "American hornbeam" and the "eastern hornbeam" (see hornbeam) a southern African tree of the olive family (Olea laurifolia, family Oleaceae) Example sentencesExamples - The three dominant tree species of the forest canopy are sugar maple, ironwood, and white ash.
- The ironwood's branches are thick with growth.
- Foothill palo verde and ironwood - two small trees in the legume family - almost always dominate the dry streambeds.
- Later we tour his plantation, through virgin forest of soaring ironwood and banyan trees and rustly arcades of cardamom leaves, with clusters of young green pods at the base.
- Sugar maples commonly share the forest with ironwood, beech, basswood, white ash, black cherry, yellow birch, white pine, and red oak.
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