hornbeam : Idioms & Phrases
american hornbeam
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noun tree or large shrub with grey bark and blue-green leaves that turn red-orange in autumn
Carpinus caroliniana.
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eastern hop hornbeam
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noun medium-sized hop hornbeam of eastern North America
ironwood; Ostrya virginiana; ironwood tree.
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european hornbeam
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noun medium-sized Old World tree with smooth grey bark and leaves like beech that turn yellow-orange in autumn
Carpinus betulus.
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Hop hornbeam
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noun any of several trees resembling hornbeams with fruiting clusters resembling hops
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(Bot.) , an American tree of the genusOstrya (O.Virginica ) the American ironwood; also, a European species (O. vulgaris ).
Webster 1913
old world hop hornbeam
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noun medium-sized hop hornbeam of southern Europe and Asia Minor
Ostrya carpinifolia.