hornbeam

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Noun

hornbeam (plural hornbeams)

1. A tree of the genus Carpinus), 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.
2. The wood of this tree.

Hyponyms

• blue beech

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Translations

Abkhaz: хьаца (ab) (x'arca) Armenian: բոխի (hy) (boxi) Catalan: carpí (ca) m. Czech: habr (cs) m. Dutch: haagbeuk m. Esperanto: karpeno (eo) French: charme (fr) m. Georgian: რცხილა (ka) (rc'xila) German: Hainbuche (de) f., Weißbuche (de) f. Ido: karpino (io) Italian: carpino (it)

Japanese: 四手, 垂 (shide) Latin: carpinus (la) Latvian: skābardis (lv) Lithuanian: skroblas (lt) Polish: grab (pl) m. Portuguese: carpino (pt) m. Romanian: carpen (ro) Russian: граб (ru) (grab) m. Slovak: hrab m. Slovene: beli gaber (sl) m., navadni gaber (sl) m. Spanish: carpe (es) m.

See also

• Hornbeam on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Carpinus on Wikispecies. Wikispecies: Carpinus
• Carpinus on Wikimedia Commons. Wikimedia Commons: Carpinus

References

• hornbeam in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913