ironwood tree


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Related to ironwood tree: Ostrya virginiana, Carpinus caroliniana
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Noun1.ironwood tree - handsome East Indian evergreen tree often planted as an ornamental for its fragrant white flowers that yield a perfumeironwood tree - 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 ties
ironwood, Mesua ferrea, rose chestnut
genus Mesua, Mesua - genus of tropical Asiatic trees having large solitary flowers
tree - a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms
2.ironwood tree - a small slow-growing deciduous tree of northern Iran having a low domed shapeironwood tree - a small slow-growing deciduous tree of northern Iran having a low domed shape
iron tree, iron-tree, ironwood
genus Parrotia, Parrotia - one species: iron tree
angiospermous tree, flowering tree - any tree having seeds and ovules contained in the ovary
3.ironwood tree - medium-sized hop hornbeam of eastern North Americaironwood tree - medium-sized hop hornbeam of eastern North America
Eastern hop hornbeam, Ostrya virginiana, ironwood
genus Ostrya, Ostrya - deciduous monoecious trees of Europe and Asia and America; sometimes placed in subfamily or family Carpinaceae
hop hornbeam - any of several trees resembling hornbeams with fruiting clusters resembling hops
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The Ironwood tree is unsurpassed in terms of its blushing reds, pinks, plums and yellow tones that it takes on in autumn, but its wide-spreading shape is a bit greedy for space.
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This interpretive trail highlights the ironwood tree (Ostrya virginiana), which occurs naturally in this area, at the most northerly limit of its distribution.
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The Arizona Sonora Desert Museum has had a long-standing interest in the wellbeing of the desert ironwood tree. This legume, the only species in its genus, has no close relatives.
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email: johnhumphries37@aol.com The smaller Acers, Cotoneaster, Cytisus battendieri (the pine apple tree), Liquidamber, Salix alba, and Parrotia persica (the ironwood tree) are excellent vehicles for bright red, orange and yellow climbing roses such as Maigold, and the red Parkdirector Riggers.
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The black ironwood tree has wood so dense that it can't float on water.
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If I was asked to choose three species from among the larger trees renowned for their tints, at the top of my list would be the Persian ironwood tree, parrotia persica.
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