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• n  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
• n  a small slow-growing deciduous tree of northern Iran having a low domed shape
• n  medium-sized hop hornbeam of eastern North America

• rose chestnut
• ironwood
• Mesua ferrea
• iron tree
• iron-tree
• Eastern hop hornbeam
• Ostrya virginiana

News & Articles

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• Chimps prefer firm beds
  Charles, an adult male chimp, is sitting in a Ugandan ironwood tree. Chimpanzees can be as choosy as humans when it comes to the beds they sleep in — and they prefer a firm, stable, resilient place to flop.
  April 17, 2014 - MSN