English-Thai Dictionary
ironwood
N พืช ไม้แข็ง พวก Carpinus caroliniana เช่น ต้น สัก
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
IRONWOOD
n.The popular name of a genus of trees called Sideroxylon, of several species; so called from their hardness.
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
IRONWOOD
IRONWOOD I "ron *wood `, n. (Bot. )
Defn: A tree unusually hard, strong, or heavy wood.
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.
New American Oxford Dictionary
ironwood
i ron wood |ˈīərnˌwo͝od ˈaɪərnwʊd | ▶noun 1 any of a number of trees that produce very hard timber, in particular: [● a southern African tree of the olive family (Olea laurifolia, family Oleaceae ). ● another term for the American hornbeam and the eastern hornbeam (see hornbeam ). ] 2 see titi 2.
Oxford Dictionary
ironwood
iron |wood |ˈʌɪənwʊd | ▶noun any of a number of trees that produce very hard timber, in particular: ● a southern African tree of the olive family (Olea laurifolia, family Oleaceae ). ● a North American tree related to the hornbeam (Ostrya virginiana, family Betulaceae ).
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