ironwood

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ironwood

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From iron + wood, because of its toughness.

noun ironwoods

  1. Australia, countable, uncountable Acacia esthrophiolata, Acacia excelsa, Acacia melanoxylon, Acacia stenophylla, or Erythrophleum chlorostachys. Lydia and the boys lived in a shabby, prefabricated house of three rooms, which had been set down in the shade of an ironwood.
  2. countable, uncountable Aegiphilia martinicensis
  3. countable, uncountable Afzelia africana
  4. countable, uncountable Astronium spp.
  5. countable, uncountable Backhousia myrtifolia
  6. countable, uncountable Carpinus caroliniana
  7. countable, uncountable Casuarina cristata
  8. countable, uncountable Chionanthus caymanensis
  9. countable, uncountable Cliftonia monophylla
  10. countable, uncountable Colubrina elliptica
  11. countable, uncountable Combretum imberbe
  12. countable, uncountable Cordia subcordata
  13. countable, uncountable Cyrilla racemiflora
  14. countable, uncountable Dialium guianense
  15. countable, uncountable Exothea paniculata
  16. countable, uncountable Foresteria pubescens
  17. countable, uncountable Gordonia haematoxylon
  18. countable, uncountable Gymnostoma sumatranum
  19. countable, uncountable Heritiera spp.
  20. countable, uncountable Jacquinia keyensis
  21. countable, uncountable Metrosideros spp.
  22. countable, uncountable Myracrodruon urundeuva
  23. countable, uncountable Ostrya virginiana
  24. countable, uncountable Parrotia spp.
  25. countable, uncountable Paubrasilia echinata
  26. countable, uncountable Prunus africana
  27. countable, uncountable Schinopsis spp.
  28. countable, uncountable Schleichera oleosa
  29. countable, uncountable Senegalia muricata
  30. countable, uncountable Sideroxylon spp.
  31. countable, uncountable Sloania spp.
  32. countable, uncountable Swartzia spp.
  33. countable, uncountable Terminalia canescens
  34. countable, uncountable Thouina striata
  35. countable, uncountable Vachellia farnesiana

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noun any of a number of tree species known for having a particularly solid wood

Kiswahilimjohoro
Portuguêspau-ferro
Françaisbois de fer
DeutschEisenholz
Italianolegno ferro

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@misc{ironwood_2026,
  title = {ironwood},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ironwood},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}