hophornbeam
See also: hop hornbeam
English
Wikispecies
The hop-like fruit of a hophornbeam (Ostrya carpinifolia)
Alternative forms
- hop-hornbeam (UK)
Etymology
hop + hornbeam (“hard wood”)
Noun
hophornbeam (plural hophornbeams)
- Any species of the genus Ostrya, with exceptionally dense wood and hop-like fruit.
Derived terms
- European hop-hornbeam, 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)