desert ironwood
nounDefinition of desert ironwood
1
: 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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