'Ironwood' definitions:
Definition of 'ironwood'
(from WordNet)
noun
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 [syn: rose chestnut, ironwood, ironwood tree, Mesua ferrea]
noun
Exceptionally tough or hard wood of any of a number of ironwood trees
noun
A small slow-growing deciduous tree of northern Iran having a low domed shape [syn: iron tree, iron-tree, ironwood, ironwood tree]
noun
Medium-sized hop hornbeam of eastern North America [syn: Eastern hop hornbeam, ironwood, ironwood tree, Ostrya virginiana]
Definition of 'Ironwood'
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]
Definition of 'ironwood'
From: GCIDE
- Hornbeam \Horn"beam`\, n. [See Beam.] (Bot.) A tree of the genus Carpinus (Carpinus Americana), having a smooth gray bark and a ridged trunk, the wood being white and very hard. It is common along the banks of streams in the United States, and is also called ironwood. The English hornbeam is Carpinus Betulus. The American is called also blue beech and water beech. [1913 Webster]
- Hop hornbeam. (Bot.) See under Hop. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'ironwood'
From: GCIDE
- Titi \Ti"ti\, n. [Orig. uncert.]
- 1. A tree of the southern United States ({Cliftonia monophylla}) having glossy leaves and racemes of fragrant white flowers succeeded by one-seeded drupes; -- called also black titi, buckwheat tree, and ironwood. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
- 2. Any related tree of the genus Cyrilla, often disting. as white titi. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
Definition of 'ironwood'
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]
Ironwood, MI -- U.S. city in Michigan
From: Gazetteer 2000
Name :
Ironwood, MI -- U.S. city in Michigan
Population (2000) :
6293
Housing Units (2000) :
3349
Land area (2000) :
6.553472 sq. miles (16.973415 sq. km)
Water area (2000) :
0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000) :
6.553472 sq. miles (16.973415 sq. km)
FIPS code :
41060
Located within :
Michigan (MI), FIPS 26
Location :
46.455931 N, 90.159378 W
ZIP Codes (1990) :
49938
Note :
some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.