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ironwood
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ironwood, n.
A tree unusually hard, strong, or heavy wood. [1913 Webster]
" 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." [1913 Webster]
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