Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun rose_chestnut

1 sense of rose chestnut

Sense 1
rose chestnut, ironwood, ironwood tree, Mesua ferrea -- (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)
       => tree -- (a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms)