Ironwood

Ironwood

Ironwood may refer to:

Plants

Any particular wood that has a reputation for hardness. Usage of the name may (or may not) include the tree that yields this wood. Species involved include:
* "Acacia estrophiolata" - Southern ironwood
* "Androstachys johnsonii" – Lebombo ironwood
* "Carpinus caroliniana" – American hornbeam
* "Casuarina equisetifolia" – Common ironwood from Australia
* Casuarinaceae (she-oaks) in general
* "Chionanthus foveolatus" – Pock ironwood from South Africa
* "Choricarpia subargentea" - Giant ironwood
* "Copaifera" spp. - Diesel Tree, Kerosene Tree, Kupa'y, Cabismo or Copaúva
* "Erythrophleum chlorostachys" Cooktown ironwood from Australia.
* "Eusideroxylon zwageri" - Borneo ironwood
* "Guaiacum officinale" – Lignum vitae
* "Guaiacum sanctum" – Holywood
* "Holodiscus discolor" - Creambrush
* "Hopea odorata" - White thingan, Ceylon or Malabar ironwood
* "Krugiodendron ferreum" – Black Ironwood
* "Lyonothamnus floribundus" – Lyon tree
* "Lyonothamnus lyonii" – Catalina ironwood
* "Mesua ferrea" – Rose chestnut or Ceylon ironwood
* "Nestegis apetala" - Coastal maire, Broad-leaved maire or Ironwood
* "Olea spp." – Various olive trees
* "Olneya tesota" – Desert ironwood
* "Ostrya virginiana" – Hop hornbeam
* "Parrotia persica" – Persian ironwood
* "Tabebuia serratifolia" – Yellow poui

Places

In the United States:
* Ironwood High School in Glendale, Arizona
* Ironwood, Michigan, a city in the Upper Peninsula of the U.S. state of Michigan
* Ironwood Township, Michigan, north of the city
* Ironwood Ridge High School in Tucson, Arizona

Fictional places:
* Ironwood County, the fictional creation of American author John Schreiber
* Ironwood (Norse mythology), a forest in Norse mythology

Other

* "Ironwood" (comics), erotic comics by Bill Willingham published in the United States by Eros Comicx

ee also

Ironbark


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  • Ironwood — Ironwood, MI U.S. city in Michigan Population (2000): 6293 Housing Units (2000): 3349 Land area (2000): 6.553472 sq. miles (16.973415 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km) Total area (2000): 6.553472 sq. miles (16.973415 …   StarDict's U.S. Gazetteer Places

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  • ironwood — [ī′ərnwood΄] n. 1. any of various trees, esp. hornbeam and hop hornbeam, with extremely hard, heavy wood 2. the wood of an ironwood …   English World dictionary

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  • Ironwood — (spr. air nwudd), Stadt im nordamerikan. Staat Michigan, Grafschaft Gogebic, Mittelpunkt des Gogebic Range Eisendistrikts (Erzförderung 1902: 3,7 Mill. Ton.), mit (1900) 9705 Einw …   Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon

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