ironwood tree

Questions about ironwood tree

What does ironwood tree mean?

ironwood tree means "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". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for ironwood tree?

Close synonyms include rose chestnut, ironwood, Mesua ferrea, iron tree, iron-tree. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is ironwood tree a common word?

ironwood tree is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.