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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   Any species of the genus Ostrya, with exceptionally dense wood and hop-like fruit.

Etymology

From hop + hornbeam (“hard wood”).

Related phrases

American hophornbeamBig Bend hophornbeamCentral American hophornbeamCentral Chinese hop-hornbeamChisos hophornbeamEuropean hophornbeamJapanese hop-hornbeamKnowlton hophornbeamYunnan hop-hornbeamZhejiang hop-hornbeamcommon hop-hornbeameastern hophornbeam

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