ironwood: see hornbeam hornbeam or ironwood, name in North America for two groups of trees of the family Betulaceae ( birch family), native to the eastern half of the continent. Carpinus caroliniana, also called blue beech and water beech, has smooth gray bark.
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ironwood

Any of numerous trees and shrubs, found worldwide, that have exceptionally tough or hard wood useful for timber, fence posts, and tool handles. Species include the eastern, or American, hop hornbeam (Ostrya virginiana), a small tree of northern Iran (Parrotia persica), and Ceylon ironwood (Mesua ferrea). Though these trees belong to different plant orders, all have bright yellow to orange and scarlet autumn foliage.

ironwood

1. any of various betulaceous trees, such as hornbeam, that have very hard wood

2. a Californian rosaceous tree, Lyonothamnus floribundus, with very hard wood

3. any of various other trees with hard wood, such as the mopani

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