hornbeam

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

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.

/ˈhɔːnˌbiːm/ /ˈhɔɹnˌbim/ en-us-hornbeam.ogg LL-Q1860 (eng)-Naomi Persephone Amethyst (NaomiAmethyst)-hornbeam.wav

hornbeam hornbeams

First attested in the c. 1570, from Old English horn + beam (“tree”)

hornbeech ironwood musclewood

Carpinus

American hornbeam common hornbeam European hop-hornbeam European hop hornbeam European hornbeam hophornbeam

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