Look up: hornbeam

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   Hornbeam
   (Carpinus) Carpinus is the botanical name for a group of hardy, deciduous (leaf-losing) trees or large shrubs native to Europe, the Himalayas, eastern Asia, and North and Central America. The common names of these trees include Hornbeam, Blue Beech, Water Beech, and Ironwood. These trees range in height from 15 to 80 feet. C. caroliniana grows from 20 to 40 feet high. It has simple leaves arranged alternately on the twigs. They are rounded at the base and taper off into a pointed tip; they grow ...
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   hornbeam
   [n] - any of several trees or shrubs of the genus Carpinus
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   Hornbeam
   The wood the pins and the frame are made from. This is a hardwood, related to beech.
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   Hornbeam
   Horn'beam` noun [ See Beam .] (Botany) A tree of the genus Carpinus ( C. 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 C. Betulus . The American is called also blue beech and water bee ...
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   hornbeam
   <botany> A tree of the genus Carpinus (C. 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 C. Betulus. The American is ... Synonym: blue beech and water beech. Hop hornbeam. ... <bota ...
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   Hornbeam
   Plants in the genus `Carpinus` (`Cár-pi-nus`) are commonly called `Hornbeams`. They are relatively small hardwood trees. Many botanists place the hornbeams in the birch family Betulaceae, though some group them with the hazels (`Corylus`) and hop-hornbeams (`Ostrya`) in a segregate family, `Corylaceae`. The 30-40 species occur across much of the north temperate regions, with the greatest number of species in east Asia, particularly China. Only tw...
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   Hornbeam
   • (n.) A tree of the genus Carpinus (C. 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 C. Betulus. The American is called also blue beech and water beech.Hornbeam: words in the defini...
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   hornbeam
   any of about 25 species of hardy, slow-growing ornamental and timber trees constituting the genus Carpinus of the birch family (Betulaceae), ...
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   hornbeam
   hornbeam or ironwood,name in North America for two groups of trees of the family Betulaceae (birch family), native to the eastern half of the continent. Carpinus caroliniana, also called blue beech and water beech, has smooth gray bark. The hop hornbeam, Ostrya virginiana, has thin, narrowly ridged,...
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