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Hornbeam
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun Hornbeam has 1 sense
- hornbeam(n = noun.plant) Array - any of several trees or shrubs of the genus Carpinus; Array is a member of carpinus, genus carpinus
has particulars: carpinus betulus, european hornbeam, american hornbeam, carpinus caroliniana
is a kind of tree
CIDE DICTIONARY
Hornbeam, n. [See Beam.].
A tree of the genus Carpinus (Carpinus 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 Carpinus Betulus . The American is called also blue beech and water beech . [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
Hornbeam, n. any tree of the genus Carpinus, with a smooth bark and a hard tough wood.
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