IRONWOOD
Scrabble letter values: I1R1O1N1W4O1O1D2 = 12
Definition
- noun handsome East Indian evergreen tree often planted as an ornamental for its fragrant white flowers that yield a perfume. — synonyms: rose_chestnut, 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. — synonyms: iron_tree, iron-tree, ironwood_tree
- noun medium-sized hop hornbeam of eastern North America. — synonyms: Eastern_hop_hornbeam, ironwood_tree, Ostrya_virginiana
Examples
- “source of very heavy hardwood used for railroad ties”