| ironwood | | |
| n. (plant) | 1. ironwood, ironwood tree, mesua ferrea, rose chestnut | 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. |
| ~ genus mesua, mesua | genus of tropical Asiatic trees having large solitary flowers. |
| ~ tree | a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms. |
| n. (plant) | 2. ironwood | exceptionally tough or hard wood of any of a number of ironwood trees. |
| ~ wood | the hard fibrous lignified substance under the bark of trees. |
| n. (plant) | 3. iron tree, iron-tree, ironwood, ironwood tree | a small slow-growing deciduous tree of northern Iran having a low domed shape. |
| ~ genus parrotia, parrotia | one species: iron tree. |
| ~ angiospermous tree, flowering tree | any tree having seeds and ovules contained in the ovary. |
| n. (plant) | 4. eastern hop hornbeam, ironwood, ironwood tree, ostrya virginiana | medium-sized hop hornbeam of eastern North America. |
| ~ genus ostrya, ostrya | deciduous monoecious trees of Europe and Asia and America; sometimes placed in subfamily or family Carpinaceae. |
| ~ hop hornbeam | any of several trees resembling hornbeams with fruiting clusters resembling hops. |
| allegedly | | |
| adv. | 1. allegedly | according to what has been alleged.; "he was on trial for allegedly murdering his wife" |
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