Ironwood

n.

1.

(Bot.) A tree unusually hard, strong, or heavy wood.

Noun	1.	ironwood - 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 Synonyms: ironwood tree, Mesua ferrea, rose chestnut
	2.	ironwood - exceptionally tough or hard wood of any of a number of ironwood trees
	3.	ironwood - a small slow-growing deciduous tree of northern Iran having a low domed shape Synonyms: iron tree, iron-tree, ironwood tree
	4.	ironwood - medium-sized hop hornbeam of eastern North America Synonyms: Eastern hop hornbeam, Ostrya virginiana, ironwood tree

genus Mesua, ironwood tree, Mesua, Mesua ferrea, rose chestnut, tree