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American hornbeam

–noun
See under hornbeam.

Origin:
1775–85, Americanism

horn⋅beam

[hawrn-beem]
–noun
any North American shrub or tree belonging to the genus Carpinus, of the birch family, yielding a hard, heavy wood, as C. caroliniana (American hornbeam).

Origin:
1570–80; horn + beam
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american hornbeam

noun
tree or large shrub with grey bark and blue-green leaves that turn red-orange in autumn 
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