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hop hornbeam

hop hornbeam noun: a tree of the species Ostrya virginiana (American hophornbeam).

hop hornbeam: a tree of the species Ostrya virginiana (American hophornbeam)
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Noun

hop hornbeam (countable and uncountable, plural hop hornbeams)

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

Forms of hop hornbeam

pluralhop hornbeams
alternative formhophornbeam

Origin of hop hornbeam

From the resemblance of the fruit to hops. See hornbeam.

Questions about hop hornbeam

What does hop hornbeam mean?
Hop hornbeam means a tree of the species Ostrya virginiana (American hophornbeam).
What part of speech is hop hornbeam?
Hop hornbeam is a noun.
What is the plural of hop hornbeam?
The plural of hop hornbeam is hop hornbeams.

Words near hop hornbeam in the dictionary

  1. hop flies
  2. hop fly
  3. hop freight
  4. hop garden
  5. hop gardens
  6. hop hornbeam
  7. hop hornbeams
  8. hop in
  9. hop into
  10. hop it
  11. hop joint

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