hornbeam

horn·beam  (hôrnbm)

n.

1. Any of various trees of the genus Carpinus, having smooth grayish bark and hard whitish wood.

2. The wood of one of these trees.

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hornbeam

Noun

a tree with smooth grey bark

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

hornbeam - any of several trees or shrubs of the genus Carpinus Carpinus, genus Carpinus - mostly deciduous monoecious trees or shrubs: hornbeams; sometimes placed in subfamily Carpinaceae Carpinus betulus, European hornbeam - medium-sized Old World tree with smooth grey bark and leaves like beech that turn yellow-orange in autumn American hornbeam, Carpinus caroliniana - tree or large shrub with grey bark and blue-green leaves that turn red-orange in autumn tree - a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms