HORNBEAM


Meaning of HORNBEAM in English

/hawrn"beem'/ , n.

any North American shrub or tree belonging to the genus Carpinus, of the birch family, yielding a hard, heavy wood, as C. caroliniana (American hornbeam) .

[ 1570-80; HORN + BEAM ]

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