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hophornbeam

hophornbeam noun: any species of the genus Ostrya, with exceptionally dense wood and hop-like fruit.

hophornbeam: any species of the genus Ostrya, with exceptionally dense wood and hop-like fruit
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Noun

hophornbeam (plural hophornbeams)

  1. Any species of the genus Ostrya, with exceptionally dense wood and hop-like fruit.

Forms of hophornbeam

pluralhophornbeams
alternative formhop-hornbeam

Origin of hophornbeam

From hop + hornbeam (“hard wood”).

Words formed from hophornbeam

  • Central Chinese hop-hornbeam
  • Chisos hophornbeam
  • Big Bend hophornbeam
  • eastern hophornbeam
  • American hophornbeam
  • Central American hophornbeam
  • ironwood
  • European hophornbeam
  • common hop-hornbeam
  • Japanese hop-hornbeam
  • Knowlton hophornbeam
  • western hophornbeam
  • wolf hophornbeam
  • Yunnan hop-hornbeam
  • Zhejiang hop-hornbeam

Questions about hophornbeam

What does hophornbeam mean?
Hophornbeam means any species of the genus Ostrya, with exceptionally dense wood and hop-like fruit.
What part of speech is hophornbeam?
Hophornbeam is a noun.
What is the plural of hophornbeam?
The plural of hophornbeam is hophornbeams.

Words near hophornbeam in the dictionary

  1. Hopfs
  2. Hopgood
  3. Hopgoods
  4. hophead
  5. hopheads
  6. hophornbeam
  7. hophornbeams
  8. Hopi
  9. Hopi maize
  10. Hopi Reservation
  11. hopia

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