hornbeam

c. 1570, from Old English horn + beam (“tree”)

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈhɔːnˌbiːm/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈhɔɹnˌbim/

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hornbeam (plural hornbeams)

1. A tree of the genus Carpinus, having a smooth gray bark and a ridged trunk, the wood being white and very hard, common along the banks of streams in the United States.
2. A hop hornbeam (Ostrya virginiana).
3. The wood of these trees.

• hornbeech, ironwood, musclewood

• blue beech

• hornbeam on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Carpinus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Carpinus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

• “hornbeam”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.