ironheartn.

Brit.

/ˈʌɪənhɑːt/, U.S.

/ˈaɪ(ə)rnˌ(h)ɑrt/, New Zealand English

/ˈɑeənhʌːt/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding; modelled on a Latin lexical item. Etymons: iron n.¹, heart n.

Etymology: < iron n.¹ + heart n., after scientific Latin Metrosideros, genus name (J. Banks in J. Gaertner De fructibus et seminibus plantarum (1788) I. 170; < ancient Greek μήτρα womb (see metro- comb. form³) + σιδήρος iron: see sidero- comb. form¹); so called on account of its hard wood.

New Zealand. Now rare.

The pohutukawa, Metrosideros excelsa; (also) the hard wood of this tree.

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1859 Chambers’s Jrnl. 17 Sept. 186/2 The iron-heart—the hard and heavy metrosideros.

1872 A. Domett Ranolf & Amohia xviii. vi. 311 It was the ‘downy ironheart’ That from the cliffs o'erhanging grew.

1928 Auckland Star 3 Mar. 8/5 Rhyolite rock, or hard clay, or sandstone, it is all one to the ironheart, so long as it can send its long root-fingers down for a dip and a drink.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	ironheart
释义	ironheartn. Brit. /ˈʌɪənhɑːt/, U.S. /ˈaɪ(ə)rnˌ(h)ɑrt/, New Zealand English /ˈɑeənhʌːt/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding; modelled on a Latin lexical item. Etymons: iron n.¹, heart n. Etymology: < iron n.¹ + heart n., after scientific Latin Metrosideros, genus name (J. Banks in J. Gaertner De fructibus et seminibus plantarum (1788) I. 170; < ancient Greek μήτρα womb (see metro- comb. form³) + σιδήρος iron: see sidero- comb. form¹); so called on account of its hard wood. New Zealand. Now rare. The pohutukawa, Metrosideros excelsa; (also) the hard wood of this tree. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular timber trees or shrubs > non-British timber trees > [noun] > Australasian tallow-tree1704 rata1773 rosewood1779 red mahogany1798 ironbark1799 wild orange1802 red gum1803 rewarewa1817 red cedar1818 black-butted gum1820 Huon pine1820 miro1820 oak1821 horoeka1831 hinau1832 maire1832 totara1832 blackbutt1833 marri1833 raspberry jam tree1833 kohekohe1835 puriri1835 tawa1839 hickory1840 whau1840 pukatea1841 titoki1842 butterbush1843 iron gum1844 York gum1846 mangeao1848 myall1848 ironheart1859 lilly-pilly1860 belah1862 flindosa1862 jarrah1866 silky oak1866 teak of New South Wales1866 Tolosa-wood1866 turmeric-tree1866 walking-stick palm1869 tooart1870 queenwood1873 tarairi1873 boree1878 yate1880 axe-breaker1884 bangalay1884 coachwood1884 cudgerie1884 feather-wood1884 forest mahogany1884 maiden's blush1884 swamp mahogany1884 tallow-wood1884 teak of New Zealand1884 wandoo1884 heartwood1885 ivorywood1887 Jimmy Low1887 Burdekin plum1889 corkwood1889 pigeon-berry ash1889 red beech1889 silver beech1889 turnip-wood1891 black bean1895 red bean1895 pinkwood1898 poplar1898 rose mahogany1898 quandong1908 lancewood1910 New Zealand honeysuckle1910 Queensland walnut1919 mahogany gum1944 Australian mahogany1948 1859 Chambers’s Jrnl. 17 Sept. 186/2 The iron-heart—the hard and heavy metrosideros. 1872 A. Domett Ranolf & Amohia xviii. vi. 311 It was the ‘downy ironheart’ That from the cliffs o'erhanging grew. 1928 Auckland Star 3 Mar. 8/5 Rhyolite rock, or hard clay, or sandstone, it is all one to the ironheart, so long as it can send its long root-fingers down for a dip and a drink. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1859
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