Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (1)
1.
any tree or shrub of the genus Inga having pinnate leaves and showy usually white flowers;
cultivated as ornamentals;
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Ironwood \I"ron*wood`\, n. (Bot.)
A tree unusually hard, strong, or heavy wood.
[1913 Webster]
Note: In the United States, the hornbeam and the hop hornbeam
are so called; also the Olneya Tesota, a small tree
of Arizona; in the West Indies, the Erythroxylon
areolatum, and several other unrelated trees; in
China, the Metrosideros vera; in India, the Mesua
ferrea, and two species of Inga; in Australia, the
Eucalyptus Sideroxylon, and in many countries,
species of Sideroxylon and Diospyros, and many
other trees.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
inga
n 1: any tree or shrub of the genus Inga having pinnate leaves
and showy usually white flowers; cultivated as ornamentals