American hornbeam

noun

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Carpinus caroliniana, a deciduous tree of eastern North America. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    tree or large shrub with grey bark and blue-green leaves that turn red-orange in autumn wordnet
  3. 3
    The wood of this tree. uncountable

Etymology

American + hornbeam (from the hardness of its wood)

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