'Eucalyptus Sideroxylon' definitions:

Definition of 'Eucalyptus Sideroxylon'

From: GCIDE
  • Ironbark \I"ron*bark`\, Ironbark tree \I"ron*bark` tree`\ (Bot.) The Australian Eucalyptus Sideroxylon, used largely by carpenters and shipbuilders; -- called also ironwood. Also applied to other Australian eucalyptuses with a hard, solid bark [1913 Webster +PJC]

Definition of 'Eucalyptus Sideroxylon'

From: 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]