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Hornbeam - Dictionary Definition and Overview |
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Hornbeam : (noun)
1: any of several trees or shrubs of the genus Carpinus
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Hornbeam : \Horn"beam`\, n. [See Beam.] (Bot.)
Carpinus_({C._Americana">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.
Based on WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003)
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