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ironwood
/ ˈaɪənˌwʊd /
noun
- any of various betulaceous trees, such as hornbeam, that have very hard wood
- a Californian rosaceous tree, Lyonothamnus floribundus, with very hard wood
- any of various other trees with hard wood, such as the mopani
- the wood of any of these trees
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If you don’t mind something a little smaller, then you can save $200 by stepping down to the Ironwood 650.
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I never left the claim once, and I had a good-sized club of ironwood which I was ready to use on the slightest provocation.
From Project Gutenberg
From a piece of ironwood, cut in the forest with great labour, I made a spade to dig with.
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The Ironwood of India cannot be worked, as its hardness blunts every tool.
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For its choice it has the pick of American timber, the ironwood of our national forests of humanity.
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The heaviest of these is the black ironwood of southern Florida, which is more than thirty per cent.
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