AMERICAN HORNBEAM

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

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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:

Nouns denoting plants

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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