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Metrosideros vera
(gcide) | Ironwood \I"ron*wood`\, n. (Bot.)
A tree unusually hard, strong, or heavy wood.
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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.
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Metrosideros vera
(gcide) | Metrosideros \Met`ro*si*de"ros\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ? heart of a
tree + ? iron.] (Bot.)
A myrtaceous genus of trees or shrubs, found in Australia and
the South Sea Islands, and having very hard wood.
Metrosideros vera is the true ironwood.
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