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HORNBEAM
hornbeam
(noun) any of several trees or shrubs of the genus Carpinus
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
hornbeam (plural hornbeams)
A tree of the genus Carpinus, having a smooth gray bark and a ridged trunk, the wood being white and very hard, common along the banks of streams in the United States.
A hop hornbeam (Ostrya virginiana).
The wood of these trees.
Synonyms
• hornbeech, ironwood, musclewood
Hyponyms
• blue beech
Source: Wiktionary
Horn"beam`, n. Etym: [See Beam.] (Bot.)
Definition: A tree of the genus Carpinus (C. Americana), having a smooth gray bark and a ridged trunk, the wood being white and very hard. It is common along the banks of streams in the United States, and is also called ironwood. The English hornbeam is C. Betulus. The American is called also blue beech and water beech. Hop hornbeam. (Bot.) See under Hop.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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