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Webster 1913 Edition

Hornbeam

Horn′beamˊ

,
Noun.
[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 called
ironwood
. The English hornbeam is
Carpinus Betulus
. The American is called also
blue beech
and
water beech
.
Hop hornbeam
.
(Bot.)
See under
Hop
.

Webster 1828 Edition

Hornbeam

HORN'BEAM

,
Noun.
[See Beam.] A genus of trees, the Carpinus, so named from the hardness of the wood.

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