Sideroxylon

Sideroxylon

▪ plant genus
      genus of 75 species of woody trees and shrubs, within the sapodilla family (Sapotaceae), native to mainly warmer regions of North and South America. The plants typically have gummy or milky sap and extremely hard wood. The branches may be thorny, with alternate leaves that are entire (smooth edged). S. lanuginosa, variously known as chittamwood, shittamwood, gum elastic, and false buckthorn, is sometimes cultivated as an ornamental. It grows to about 15 metres (50 feet) tall. The leaves are 3.75–10 cm (1.5–4 inches) long, are dark lustrous green above and rusty beneath, and persist until late in the fall. The minute white blossoms grow in many-flowered clusters. The ellipsoid black fruit is about 1 cm (0.4 inch) long.

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  • sidéroxylon — [ siderɔksilɔ̃ ] n. m. • 1765; de sidéro et gr. xulon « bois » ♦ Bot. Arbre des régions subtropicales (sapotacées) qui fournit un bois très dur et imputrescible appelé bois de fer. ● sidéroxylon nom masculin Arbre (sapotacée) d Amérique au bois… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • Sideroxylon — Sid e*rox y*lon, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ??? iron + ??? wood.] (Bot.) A genus of tropical sapotaceous trees noted for their very hard wood; ironwood. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Sideroxylon [1] — Sideroxylon (gr.), ein Eisenholz, d.i. ein Unding (Contradictio in adjecto) …   Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

  • Sideroxylon [2] — Sideroxylon (S. L.), Pflanzengattung aus der Familie der Corneae od. doch diesen verwandt, 5. Kl. 1. Ordn. L., gehört zu Curtisia Ait.; Arten: S. decandrum, dorniger Baum in Nordamerika, mit sehr festem Holz (Eisenholz); S. tomentosum, in… …   Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

  • Sideroxylon —   Sideroxylon …   Wikipedia Español

  • Sideroxylon — Sideroxylon …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Sideroxylon — Bully Tree (and variants thereof) redirect here, but may include the related Broad leafed Lacuma ( Pouteria multiflora ). Sideroxylon is also an oxymoron introduced by Arthur Schopenhauer, see Wooden iron, and is occasionally used for petrified… …   Wikipedia

  • Sideroxylon — Ironwood I ron*wood , n. (Bot.) A tree unusually hard, strong, or heavy wood. [1913 Webster] Note: In the United States, the hornbeam and the hop hornbeam are so called; also the {Olneya Tesota}, a small tree of Arizona; in the West Indies, the… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Sideroxylon — ID 78102 Symbol Key SIDER2 Common Name bully Family Sapotaceae Category Dicot Division Magnoliophyta US Nativity N/A US/NA Plant Yes State Distribution AL, AR, AZ, DE, FL, GA, IL, IN, KS, KY, LA, MD, MO, MS, NC, NM, OK, PR, SC, TN, TX, VA, VI, WV …   USDA Plant Characteristics

  • Sideroxylon lanuginosum — Scientific classification Kingdom: Plantae (unranked): Angiosperms (unranked) …   Wikipedia

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