A tree of the genus Carpinus, having a smooth gray bark and a ridged trunk, the wood being white and very hard, common along the banks of streams in the United States.

plural of hornbeam

Carpinus caroliniana, a species of deciduous tree. / (uncountable) The wood of this species. / (countable) A tree of this species.

Carpinus betulus, a deciduous tree with hard wood native to many parts of Europe.

Carpinus betulus; a deciduous tree with hard wood, native to many parts of Europe.

plural of American hornbeam

plural of European hornbeam

plural of common hornbeam

plural of hop hornbeam

A tree of the species Ostrya virginiana (American hophornbeam). / Its wood.