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AMERICAN HORNBEAM
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Tree or large shrub with grey bark and blue-green leaves that turn red-orange in autumn
Synonyms:
American hornbeam; Carpinus caroliniana
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("American hornbeam" is a kind of...):
hornbeam (any of several trees or shrubs of the genus Carpinus)
Holonyms ("American hornbeam" is a member of...):
Carpinus; genus Carpinus (mostly deciduous monoecious trees or shrubs: hornbeams; sometimes placed in subfamily Carpinaceae)
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