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The Collaborative International Dictionary
Hornbeam \Horn"beam`\, n. [See Beam.] (Bot.) A tree of the genus Carpinus ( Carpinus Americana), having a smooth gray bark and a ridged trunk, the wood being white and very hard. It is common along the banks of streams in the United States, and is also called ironwood. The English hornbeam is Carpinus Betulus. The American is called also blue beech and water beech.
Hop hornbeam. (Bot.) See under Hop.
Ironbark \I"ron*bark`\, Ironbark tree \I"ron*bark` tree`\ (Bot.) The Australian Eucalyptus Sideroxylon, used largely by carpenters and shipbuilders; -- called also ironwood. Also applied to other Australian eucalyptuses with a hard, solid bark
Titi \Ti"ti\, n. [Orig. uncert.]
A tree of the southern United States ( Cliftonia monophylla) having glossy leaves and racemes of fragrant white flowers succeeded by one-seeded drupes; -- called also black titi, buckwheat tree, and ironwood.
Any related tree of the genus Cyrilla, often disting. as white titi.
Wiktionary
n. 1 (context countable English) Any of a number of tree species known for having a particularly solid wood. 2 (context uncountable English) The wood of any ironwood tree.
WordNet
n. 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 [syn: rose chestnut, ironwood tree, Mesua ferrea]
exceptionally tough or hard wood of any of a number of ironwood trees
a small slow-growing deciduous tree of northern Iran having a low domed shape [syn: iron tree, iron-tree, ironwood tree]
medium-sized hop hornbeam of eastern North America [syn: Eastern hop hornbeam, ironwood tree, Ostrya virginiana]
Gazetteer
Housing Units (2000): 3349
Land area (2000): 6.553472 sq. miles (16.973415 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 6.553472 sq. miles (16.973415 sq. km)
FIPS code: 41060
Located within: Michigan (MI), FIPS 26
Location: 46.455931 N, 90.159378 W
ZIP Codes (1990): 49938
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Wikipedia
Ironwood is a common name for a large number of woods that have a reputation for hardness. Usage of the name may (or may not) include the tree that yields this wood. Some of the species involved are:
- Acacia estrophiolata, Southern ironwood
- Acacia stenophylla, Ironwood
- Androstachys johnsonii, Lebombo ironwood
- Carpinus caroliniana, American hornbeam
- Caesalpinia ferrea, Brazilian ironwood
- Casuarina equisetifolia, Beach ironwood, native to Australia
- Casuarinaceae, she-oaks in general
- Chionanthus foveolatus, Pock ironwood, native to South Africa
- Choricarpia subargentea, Giant ironwood
- Copaifera spp., Diesel tree, Kerosene tree, Kupa'y, Cabismo, or Copaúva
- Cynometra alexandri, Uganda ironwood
- Diospyros blancoi, Mabolo, Velvet apple or Kamagong, native to the Philippines
- Erythrophleum chlorostachys, Cooktown ironwood, native to Australia
- Eusideroxylon zwageri, Borneo ironwood
- Guaiacum officinale, Lignum vitae
- Guaiacum sanctum, Holywood
- Holodiscus discolor, Ocean spray or Creambrush
- Hopea odorata, White thingan, Ceylon or Malabar ironwood
- Krugiodendron ferreum, Black ironwood
- Lophira alata, Red ironwood
- Lyonothamnus floribundus, Catalina ironwood
- Mesua ferrea, Rose chestnut or Ceylon ironwood or Nahar
- Nestegis apetala, Coastal maire, Broad-leaved maire or ironwood
- Olea spp., various olive trees
- Olneya tesota, Desert ironwood
- Ostrya knowltonii, Knowlton's hophornbeam
- Ostrya virginiana, Hophornbeam
- Parrotia persica, Persian ironwood
- Pemphis acidula, Maldivian ironwood
- Sideroxylon lanuginosum, Ironwood or Gum bully
- Tabebuia serratifolia, Ipê, Brazilian walnut, Lapacho, Yellow poui
- Vepris lanceolata, White ironwood, native to South Africa
- Xanthostemon verdugonianus, Philippine ironwood or Mangkono, endemic to the Philippines
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Ironwood is a pornographic comic book series written and drawn by Bill Willingham in the 1990s, published in the United States by Eros Comix. It ran for 11 issues; the first six issues being published in 1991, the remaining five taking another four years to produce/publish. The series was collected into two trade paperbacks; volume 1 was published in 1993 (ISBN 1560972041), and volume 2 was published in 1996 (ISBN 156097222X).
Ironwood is a common name for a large number of woods that have a reputation for hardness. Usage of the name may (or may not) include the tree that yields this wood. There is a list of some of the species involved at the article.
Ironwood may also refer to:
Usage examples of "ironwood".
Ralph Ames, had told me when he was extolling the virtues of Ironwood Ranch, a posh drug and alcohol rehab establishment that had risen from the ashes of a failed dude ranch outside a small, god-forsaken town called Wickenburg in the wilds of central Arizona.
Beaumont, a Washington boy born and bred, had never set foot in the state of Arizona until the day I came to Ironwood Ranch.
I could cheerfully have murdered Ralph Ames for convincing me to check into Ironwood Ranch in the first place.
It was the middle of my fourth week of treatment, Family Week, as they call it at Ironwood Ranch.
Beaumont in the annals of Ironwood Ranch, and that my transgression, however minor, would be duly reported to Louise Crenshaw, the final arbiter of client affairs.
Rumor had it that she had come to Ironwood Ranch as one of the first fulltime counselors, married her boss Calvin Crenshaw without much difficulty, and immediately assumed the throne.
He had finally sobered up and was wanting to help others do the same when his mother died leaving him sole owner of the aging Ironwood Ranch.
Crenshaw had decreed an unwritten but nonetheless inviolable rule that she and only she was to notify the authorities of any irregularities involving Ironwood Ranch and its residents.
I first arrived at Wickenburg, I had crossed the bridge over the Hassayampa River on my way to Ironwood Ranch.
Surely the Ironwood Ranch rumor mill was fully operational, particularly among the counselors.
I had been ready to tear into the deputy for putting me off, for not calling me in to talk to him as soon as he arrived at Ironwood Ranch, but the emotional roller-coaster of the past few minutes had left me hollow and drained.
No one at Ironwood Ranch had called me Detective since my arrival four weeks before.
After all, he was the one who was ultimately responsible for my being at Ironwood Ranch in the first place.
Meanwhile, I felt as though the indelible aura of Ironwood Ranch still clung to my body.
If my son really was a drug dealer, he should have been in jail, not at Ironwood Ranch.