American hornbeam
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 Carpinus caroliniana, a deciduous tree of eastern North America. countable, uncountable
- 2 tree or large shrub with grey bark and blue-green leaves that turn red-orange in autumn wordnet
- 3 The wood of this tree. uncountable
Etymology
American + hornbeam (from the hardness of its wood)