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Metroscope Metroscope Met"ro*scope, n. [Gr. ? womb + -scope.]
A modification of the stethoscope, for directly auscultating
the uterus from the vagina.
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.
