blue beech
English
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The bark of a blue beech
Wikispecies
Etymology
blue (from the color of the bark) + beech (from the smooth bark or the form of the leaves)
Noun
blue beech (countable and uncountable, plural blue beeches)
- Carpinus caroliniana, a species of deciduous tree.
- (uncountable) The wood of this species.
- (countable) A tree of this species.
Synonyms
- American hornbeam
- musclewood
- ironwood.