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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) hornbeam
any of various North American trees belonging to the genus Carpinus, of the birch family, yielding a hard heavy wood.

Etymology: (1570–80)

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1. (noun) hornbeam
any of several trees or shrubs of the genus Carpinus

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1. (noun) hornbeam
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

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