What is "sideroxylon"

Sideroxylon \Sid`e*rox"y*lon\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ??? iron + ??? wood.] (Bot.) A genus of tropical sapotaceous trees noted for their very hard wood; ironwood.

Ironwood \I"ron*wood`\, n. (Bot.) A tree unusually hard, strong, or heavy wood.

Note: In the United States, the hornbeam and the hop hornbeam are so called; also the Olneya Tesota, a small tree of Arizona; in the West Indies, the Erythroxylon areolatum, and several other unrelated trees; in China, the Metrosideros vera; in India, the Mesua ferrea, and two species of Inga; in Australia, the Eucalyptus Sideroxylon, and in many countries, species of Sideroxylon and Diospyros, and many other trees.

n. (context botany English) Any of the genus (taxlink Sideroxylon genus) of tropical sapotaceous trees noted for their very hard wood; ironwood.

Sideroxylon is a genus of trees in the family Sapotaceae described as a genus by Linnaeus in 1753. They are collectively known as bully trees. The generic name is derived from the Greek words σιδηρος (sideros), meaning " iron", and ξύλον (xylon), meaning "wood."

Sideroxylon is a Greek term meaning "iron wood" and may refer to:

• Sideroxylon, a genus of flowering plants in the family Sapotaceae
• Eucalyptus sideroxylon, also called Mugga, Red Ironbark or Mugga Ironbark, a small to medium-sized or occasionally tall Australian tree
• Sideroxylon (oxymoron), a type of oxymoron
• Occasionally used for petrified wood
• A 1983 album by The Celibate Rifles