WordNet
ironwood tree
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, Mesua ferrea]
a small slow-growing deciduous tree of northern Iran having a low domed shape [syn: iron tree, iron-tree, ironwood]
medium-sized hop hornbeam of eastern North America [syn: Eastern hop hornbeam, ironwood, Ostrya virginiana]