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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
. Webster 1828 Edition
Hornbeam
HORN'BEAM
,Noun.
Definition 2024
hornbeam
hornbeam
English
Noun
hornbeam (plural hornbeams)
- 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.
Synonyms
- hornbeech, ironwood, musclewood
Hyponyms
Translations
tree of Carpinus
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See also
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hornbeam on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
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Carpinus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
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Carpinus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
References
- hornbeam in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913