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i⋅ron⋅wood

[ahy-ern-wood]
–noun
1. any of various trees yielding a hard, heavy wood, as the American hornbeam, Carpinus caroliniana, or Lyonothamnus floribundus, found on the islands off the coast of S California.
2. the wood of any of these trees.

Origin:
1650–60; iron + wood 1
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i·ron·wood   (ī'ərn-wŏŏd')   
n.  
  1. Any of numerous trees, such as the hornbeam and the hop hornbeam, that have very hard wood.

  2. The wood of any of these trees.

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