hornbeam
Meaning
Noun
- 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.
Related
Similar words
- hornbeech, ironwood, musclewood
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Origin
- c. 1570, from Old English horn + beam
Modern English dictionary
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