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Metrosideros
Metrosideros Met`ro*si*de"ros, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ? heart of a tree + ? iron.] (Bot.) A myrtaceous genus of trees or shrubs, found in Australia and the South Sea Islands, and having very hard wood. Metrosideros vera is the true ironwood.
Metrosideros robusta
Rata Ra"ta, n. [Maori.] (Bot.) A New Zealand forest tree (Metrosideros robusta), also, its hard dark red wood, used by the Maoris for paddles and war clubs.
Metrosideros vera
Ironwood I"ron*wood`, n. (Bot.) A tree unusually hard, strong, or heavy wood. Note: In the United States, the hornbeam and the hop hornbeam are so called; also the Olneya Tesota, a small tree of Arizona; in the West Indies, the Erythroxylon areolatum, and several other unrelated trees; in China, the Metrosideros vera; in India, the Mesua ferrea, and two species of Inga; in Australia, the Eucalyptus Sideroxylon, and in many countries, species of Sideroxylon and Diospyros, and many other trees.
Sideroscope
Sideroscope Sid"er*o*scope, n. [Gr. ??? iron + -scope.] An instrument for detecting small quantities of iron in any substance by means of a very delicate combination of magnetic needles.
Siderosis
Siderosis Sid`e*ro"sis, n.[NL., fr. Gr. ??? iron.] (Med.) A sort of pneumonia occuring in iron workers, produced by the inhalation of particles of iron.
Siderostat
Siderostat Sid"er*o*stat, n. [L. sidus, sideris, a star + Gr. ??? standing, fixed, fr. ???? to place.] (Astron.) An apparatus consisting essentially of a mirror moved by clockwork so as to throw the rays of the sun or a star in a fixed direction; -- a more general term for heliostat.

Meaning of Sideros from wikipedia

- region. Sideros first appears in 16th century maps as Cauo S. Sideros, a Venetian name for capes such as San Sidero of Corfu. In Venetian Sidero is the...
- Cape Sideros or Cape Sidero (Gr****: Άκρα Σίδερος, romanized: Akra Sideros) is a cape at the eastern end of the island of Crete, Greece. Anciently it was...
- In Gr**** mythology, Sidero (Ancient Gr****: Σιδηρώ means "the Iron One") was the second wife of King Salmoneus of Elis and stepmother of Tyro, whom she...
- Siderian Period ( /saɪˈdɪəri.ən, sɪ-/; Ancient Gr****: σίδηρος, romanized: sídēros, meaning "iron") is the first geologic period in the Paleoproterozoic Era...
- guitarist and vocalist of Sideros. Her surname comes from Kenji Ōtsuki. Akubi Hasegawa (長谷川 あくび, Hasegawa Akubi) The drummer of Sideros. Her surname comes from...
- which is actually on Sideros. Similarly, "Kyriamadi Nature Park," a part of Sitia Geopark, sometimes marked as being on Sideros next to the Bay of Kyriamadi...
- carbonate (FeCO3). Its name comes from the Ancient Gr**** word σίδηρος (sídēros), meaning "iron". A valuable iron ore, it consists of 48% iron and lacks...
- siderurgy is also occasionally used. This is derived from the Gr**** words sideros - iron and ergon or ergos - work. This is an unusual term in English, and...
- at Zeus's lap. Hera hated Pelias, king of Iolcus, because he had killed Sidero, his step-grandmother, in one of her temples. She later convinced his nephew...
- iron. The siderite at the end of phosphosiderite comes from the word "sideros", the Gr**** word for iron. It was published in 1890, and has been a valid...