'Mesua ferrea' definitions:
Definition of 'Mesua ferrea'
(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]
Definition of 'Mesua ferrea'
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]