Meaning Of The Word Hornbeam
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Hornbeam Meaning
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What's The Definition Of Hornbeam?
hornbeam in American English
any of a genus (Carpinus) of small, hardy trees of the birch family, with smooth, gray bark and drooping catkins with flat, papery bracts around a greenish nut noun: any North American shrub or tree belonging to the genus Carpinus, of the birch family, yielding a hard, heavy wood, as C. caroliniana (American hornbeam) hornbeam in British English noun: any tree of the betulaceous genus Carpinus, such as C. betulus of Europe and Asia, having smooth grey bark and hard white wood |
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