Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A genus of gamopetalous trees or shrubs of the orer Sapotaceæ, and type of the tribe Sideroxyleæ.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Bot.) A genus of tropical sapotaceous trees noted for their very hard wood; ironwood.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun botany Any of the
genus Sideroxylon oftropical sapotaceous trees noted for their veryhard wood ;ironwood .
Etymologies
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From the genus name.
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Examples
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These communities are dominated by grey box, yellow gum (E. leucoxylon) and red ironbark (E. sideroxylon).
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Eucalyptus sideroxylon, 339. — — * acuminatus, HOOK.
Journal of an Expedition into the Interior of Tropical Australia 2003
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The argan tree (Argania sideroxylon, Sapotaceae), a desert source of edible oil.
Chapter 7 1990
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