a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms | 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 |
a figure that branches from a single root | exceptionally tough or hard wood of any of a number of ironwood trees |
| a small slow-growing deciduous tree of northern Iran having a low domed shape |
| medium-sized hop hornbeam of eastern North America |