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A tree unusually hard, strong, or heavy wood.

-- Hop hornbeam (Bot.), an American tree of the genus Ostrya (O.Virginica) the American ironwood; also, a European species (O. vulgaris). -- Hop moth (Zoöl.), a moth (Hypena humuli), which in the larval state is very injurious to hop vines. -- Hop picker, one who picks hops. -- Hop pole, a pole used to support hop…

ry hard. It is common along the banks of streams in the United States, and is also called ironwood. The English hornbeam is C. Betulus. The American is called also blue beech and water beech. Hop hornbeam. (Bot.) See under Hop.

alian Eucalyptus Sideroxylon, used largely by carpenters and shipbuilders; -- called also ironwood.

ralia and the South Sea Islands, and having very hard wood. Metrosideros vera is the true ironwood.

A genus of tropical sapotaceous trees noted for their very hard wood; ironwood.