Hyphenation of ironwood

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word ironwood? This word can be hyphenated and contains 2 syllables as shown below.

iron-wood

Definitions of ironwood:

1.	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
2.	Exceptionally tough or hard wood of any of a number of ironwood trees
3.	A small slow-growing deciduous tree of northern Iran having a low domed shape
4.	Medium-sized hop hornbeam of eastern North America

Synonyms of ironwood:

noun	rose chestnut, ironwood tree, Mesua ferrea, tree
noun	wood
noun	iron tree, iron-tree, ironwood tree, angiospermous tree, flowering tree
noun	Eastern hop hornbeam, ironwood tree, Ostrya virginiana, hop hornbeam

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