The Clue
Tree with very hard timber (8 letter answer)
The Answer
IRONWOOD
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Notes
The answer IRONWOOD is so rare that it appears less than once every 2500 puzzles.
Definition
IRONWOOD as a noun:
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
2. exceptionally tough or hard wood of any of a number of ironwood trees
3. (iron tree, iron-tree, ironwood, ironwood tree) = a small slow-growing deciduous tree of northern Iran having a low domed shape
4. (Eastern hop hornbeam, ironwood, ironwood tree, Ostrya virginiana) = medium-sized hop hornbeam of eastern North America