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OSTRYA
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
Deciduous monoecious trees of Europe and Asia and America; sometimes placed in subfamily or family Carpinaceae
Synonyms:
genus Ostrya; Ostrya
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Ostrya" is a kind of...):
hamamelid dicot genus (genus of mostly woody relatively primitive dicotyledonous flowering plants with flowers often unisexual and often borne in catkins)
Meronyms (members of "Ostrya"):
hop hornbeam (any of several trees resembling hornbeams with fruiting clusters resembling hops)
Old World hop hornbeam; Ostrya carpinifolia (medium-sized hop hornbeam of southern Europe and Asia Minor)
Eastern hop hornbeam; ironwood; ironwood tree; Ostrya virginiana (medium-sized hop hornbeam of eastern North America)
Holonyms ("Ostrya" is a member of...):
Betulaceae; birch family; family Betulaceae (monoecious trees and shrubs (including the genera Betula and Alnus and Carpinus and Corylus and Ostrya and Ostryopsis))
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