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palo de hierro U.S.|ˈpæləʊ deɪ hɪˈɛərəʊ|
Also palo fier(r)o.
[Amer. Sp., = ‘iron tree’.]
The Sonora or desert ironwood, Olneya tesota, of the family Leguminosæ, which bears racemes of white flowers; also used as a name for other trees producing particularly hard wood, or the wood itself.
1894Amer. Anthropologist VII. 293 During the rest of the year the Indians devote themselves to..the gathering of the fruit of the cactus, mesquite beans, and the bean of the palo fiero. 1912C. Lumholtz New Trails in Mexico 224 All the mules, donkeys, and horses gathered at once around a lone but very large palo fiero tree to eat its dark green juicy leaves. 1931W. A. Dayton Important Western Browse Plants 86 Tesota (Olneya tesota) is variously known as arbol (or palo) de hierro, and desert (Mexican, or Sonora) ironwood. 1949Desert Mag. June 22/2 The great washes along the highway were crowded with palo verde trees and ironwood, or palo fierro. 1951Kearney & Peebles Arizona Flora 442 Olneya Tesota... Known commonly in Arizona as ironwood, or palo-de-hierro. 1963W. J. Schaldach Path to Enchantment vi. 74 A tree unique in several ways is the ironwood, or palo⁓fierro. True to its name, the ironwood tree possesses wood so tough that it dulls an ax. |