American hornbeam — noun tree or large shrub with grey bark and blue green leaves that turn red orange in autumn • Syn: ↑Carpinus caroliniana • Hypernyms: ↑hornbeam • Member Holonyms: ↑Carpinus, ↑genus Carpinus * * * noun … Useful english dictionary
American hornbeam. — See under hornbeam. [1775 85, Amer.] * * * … Universalium
American hornbeam. — See under hornbeam. [1775 85, Amer.] … Useful english dictionary
American hornbeam — noun a) A common name for Carpinus caroliniana, a species of deciduous tree. b) The wood of this species. Syn: blue beech, musclewood, ironwood … Wiktionary
Hornbeam — Taxobox name = Hornbeam image width = 200px image caption = European Hornbeam foliage regnum = Plantae divisio = Magnoliophyta classis = Magnoliopsida ordo = Fagales familia = Betulaceae genus = Carpinus genus authority = L. subdivision ranks =… … Wikipedia
hornbeam — /hawrn beem /, n. 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). [1570 80; HORN + BEAM] * * * ▪ plant any of about 25 species of… … Universalium
Hornbeam — Horn beam , n. [See {Beam}.] (Bot.) 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 … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
hornbeam — horn•beam [[t]ˈhɔrnˌbim[/t]] n. pln bui any of various North American trees belonging to the genus Carpinus, of the birch family, yielding a hard heavy wood • Etymology: 1570–80 … From formal English to slang
Hop hornbeam — Hornbeam Horn beam , n. [See {Beam}.] (Bot.) 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,… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
hop-hornbeam — ▪ plant genus any of about seven species of ornamental trees constituting the genus Ostrya of the birch family (Betulaceae), native to Eurasia and North America. A hop hornbeam has shaggy, scaling bark and thin, translucent, green leaves with… … Universalium
