Definition of desert ironwood
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: a small leguminous tree (Olneya tesota) of the southwestern U.S. and Mexico with odd-pinnate leaves and purplish white flowers in short racemes
— called also Sonora ironwood
2
: the hard wood of the desert ironwood
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“Desert ironwood.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/desert%20ironwood. Accessed 6 Mar. 2021.
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