hophornbeam
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The hop-like fruit of a hophornbeam (Ostrya carpinifolia)
See also: hop hornbeam
English
Alternative forms
- hop-hornbeam (UK)
Etymology
From hop + hornbeam (“hard wood”).
Noun
hophornbeam (plural hophornbeams)
Derived terms
- European hophornbeam, common hop-hornbeam (Ostrya carpinifolia)
- Chisos hophornbeam, Big Bend hophornbeam (Ostrya chisosensis)
- Japanese hop-hornbeam (Ostrya japonica)
- Knowlton hophornbeam, western hophornbeam, wolf hophornbeam (Ostrya knowltonii)
- Central Chinese hop-hornbeam (Ostrya multinervis)
- Zhejiang hop-hornbeam (Ostrya rehderiana)
- eastern hophornbeam, American hophornbeam, Central American hophornbeam, ironwood (Ostrya virginiana)
- Yunnan hop-hornbeam (Ostrya yunnanensis)
Translations
Any species of the genus Ostrya
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