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6 words match “HORNBEAM”

HORNBEAM n.
along the banks of streams in the United States, and is also called ironwood. The English hornbeam is C. Betulus. The American is called also blue beech and water beech. Hop hornbeam. (Bot.) See under Hop.
HARDBEAM n.
A tree of the genus Carpinus, of compact, horny texture; hornbeam.
HOP n.
interrupta), allied to the cockoo spits. It often does great damage to hop vines. -- Hop hornbeam (Bot.), an American tree of the genus Ostrya (O.Virginica) the American ironwood; also, a European species (O. vulgaris). -- Hop moth (Zoöl.), a moth (Hypena humuli), which in the larval state is very injurious to hop vi…
LEVERWOOD n.
The American hop hornbeam (Ostrya Virginica), a small tree with very tough wood.
WATER BEECH n.
The American hornbeam. See Hornbeam.
YOKE n.
alliwell. Neck yoke, Pig yoke. See under Neck, and Pig. -- Yoke elm (Bot.), the European hornbeam (Carpinus Betulus), a small tree with tough white wood, often used for making yokes for cattle.