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Ostrya
Ostrya
Translingual
Proper noun
Ostrya f
- A taxonomic genus within the family Betulaceae – the hophornbeams.
Hypernyms
- (genus): Plantae - kingdom; angiosperms, eudicots, core eudicots, rosids, eurosids I - clades; Fagales - order; Betulaceae - family; Coryloideae (subfamily)
Coordinate terms
- (genus): Asterocarpinus, Carpinus, Coryloides (extinct), Corylus, Cranea (extinct), Kardiasperma (extinct), Ostryopsis, Palaeocarpinus (extinct) - genera
Hyponyms
- (genus): Ostrya carpinifolia - type species; Ostrya chisosensis, Ostrya japonica, Ostrya knowltonii, Ostrya virginiana - species