The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Ironwood \I"ron*wood`\, n. (Bot.)
   A tree unusually hard, strong, or heavy wood.
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   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.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Metrosideros \Met`ro*si*de"ros\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ? heart of a
   tree + ? iron.] (Bot.)
   A myrtaceous genus of trees or shrubs, found in Australia and
   the South Sea Islands, and having very hard wood.
   Metrosideros vera is the true ironwood.
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