noun
handsome East Indian evergreen tree often planted as an ornamental for its fragrant white flowers that yield a perfume; source of very heavy hardwood used for railroad ties
• Syn: ↑rose chestnut, ↑ironwood, ↑ironwood tree
• Hypernyms: ↑tree
• Member Holonyms: ↑Mesua, ↑genus Mesua
Useful english dictionary. 2012.