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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Ironwood \I"ron*wood`\, n. (Bot.)
     A tree unusually hard, strong, or heavy wood.
     [1913 Webster]
  
     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.
           [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]


  Diospyros
       n : a genus of trees or shrubs that have beautiful and valuable
           wood [syn: genus Diospyros]

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  diospyros
     n.
     Any tree of the genus ''Diospyros''.

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  Diospyros
     Translingual n.
     (taxon genus family Ebenaceae persimmon and ebony trees)

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]


  diospyros
     n.
     Any tree of the genus ''Diospyros''.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  diospyros
     n.
     Any tree of the genus ''Diospyros''.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  Diospyros
     Translingual n.
     (taxon genus family Ebenaceae persimmon and ebony trees)

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  diospyros
     n.
     Any tree of the genus ''Diospyros''.

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  Diospyros
     Translingual n.
     (taxon genus family Ebenaceae persimmon and ebony trees)

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