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Webster 1913 Edition

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Noun.

[NL., fr. Gr. [GREEK] heart of a tree + [GREEK] 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.

See also: Metrosideros

metrosideros ‎(plural metrosideroses)

(botany) Any of the genus Metrosideros of myrtaceous trees and shrubs, including many species called ironwood.