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i•ron•wood
Pronunciation: (ī'urn-wood"), [key]—
n.
1. any of various trees yielding a hard, heavy wood, as the American hornbeam,
Carpinus caroliniana, or
Lyonothamnus floribundus, found on the islands off the coast of S California.
2. the wood of any of these trees.
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