Hornbeam

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Hornbeam \Horn"beam`\, n. [See {Beam}.] (Bot.)
     A tree of the genus {Carpinus} ({Carpinus Americana}), having
     a smooth gray bark and a ridged trunk, the wood being white
     and very hard. It is common along the banks of streams in the
     United States, and is also called {ironwood}. The English
     hornbeam is {Carpinus Betulus}. The American is called also


     {blue beech} and {water beech}.
     [1913 Webster]
  
     {Hop hornbeam}. (Bot.) See under {Hop}.
        [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  hornbeam
       n : any of several trees or shrubs of the genus Carpinus