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Eastern hop hornbeam, ironwood tree, Ostrya virginiana, iron tree, iron-tree, rose chestnut, Mesua ferrea Definition: medium-sized hop hornbeam of eastern North America;a small slow-growing deciduous tree of northern Iran having a low domed shape;exceptionally tough or hard wood of any of a number of ironwood trees;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; Member Meronyms: Ostrya, genus Ostrya, Parrotia, genus Parrotia, Mesua, genus Mesua
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