yoke elm
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
So called because it was often used for making yokes for cattle[1] .
Noun[edit]
- (archaic) A European hornbeam (Carpinus betulus), a small tree with tough wood.
- Synonym: common hornbeam
- A Himalayan hornbeam (Carpinus vimineus).
- The wood from these trees.
References[edit]
- ^ “yoke”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.