ironwood

Any of numerous trees, such as the hornbeam and the hop hornbeam, that have very hard wood.

The wood of any of these trees.

One of numerous species of peculiarly hard-wooded trees, belonging to many orders and widely distributed.

In Polynesia, Casuarina equisetifolia, a littoral tree with jointed leafless branches and very hard and heavy wood: used by the natives for making spears. See horsetail-tree and agoho.

A large tree of the myrtle family, Metrosideros lucida, yielding a very hard, strong, red wood, which is used for ship-building, spokes, hubs, and cross-ties for railways.

A tree unusually hard, strong, or heavy wood.

Any of a number of tree species known for having a particularly solid wood.

The wood of any ironwood tree.

exceptionally tough or hard wood of any of a number of ironwood trees

medium-sized hop hornbeam of eastern North America