ironwoods

1. 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 tiesSynonyms: Mesua ferrea, ironwood, ironwood tree, rose chestnut

2. exceptionally tough or hard wood of any of a number of ironwood treesSynonyms: ironwood

3. a small slow-growing deciduous tree of northern Iran having a low domed shapeSynonyms: iron tree, iron-tree, ironwood, ironwood tree

4. medium-sized hop hornbeam of eastern North AmericaSynonyms: Eastern hop hornbeam, Ostrya virginiana, ironwood, ironwood tree