WordNet
iron tree
n. a small slow-growing deciduous tree of northern Iran having a low domed shape [syn: iron-tree, ironwood, ironwood tree]
Wikipedia
Iron tree
Iron tree may refer to:
- Olea europaea subsp. cuspidata, a subspecies of the olive tree
- Parrotia persica, a tree species found in Azerbaijan
- Prosopis africana, a tree species found in Africa
- The Iron Tree, the first book in the Crowthistle Chronicles, written by Cecilia Dart-Thornton
- The nickname of a tree discovered in 1896 in Three Tuns, Pennsylvania, United States
Usage examples of "iron tree".
It was nearly covered in snowdrifts: only the spire of the chapel protruded more than a short distance above the surface, an iron Tree encircled by the coils of some serpentine beast crowning its rotting roof.
I knew why the iron tree had returned, in this third change of scene!