Synonyms of ironwood

Noun

1. rose chestnut, ironwood, ironwood tree, Mesua ferrea, tree

usage: 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. ironwood, wood

usage: exceptionally tough or hard wood of any of a number of ironwood trees

3. iron tree, iron-tree, ironwood, ironwood tree, angiospermous tree, flowering tree

usage: a small slow-growing deciduous tree of northern Iran having a low domed shape

4. Eastern hop hornbeam, ironwood, ironwood tree, Ostrya virginiana, hop hornbeam

usage: medium-sized hop hornbeam of eastern North America

Definition and meaning of ironwood (Dictionary)