English Explanatory Dictionary

hophornbeam

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Any species of the genus Ostrya, with exceptionally dense wood and hop-like fruit.

Word forms

hophornbeam hophornbeams hop-hornbeam

Etymology

From hop + hornbeam (“hard wood”).

Derived words

Central Chinese hop-hornbeam Chisos hophornbeam Big Bend hophornbeam eastern hophornbeam American hophornbeam Central American hophornbeam ironwood European hophornbeam common hop-hornbeam Japanese hop-hornbeam Knowlton hophornbeam western hophornbeam wolf hophornbeam Yunnan hop-hornbeam Zhejiang hop-hornbeam
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