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hornbeam
[ 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.
hornbeam
/ ˈhɔːnˌbiːm /
noun
- any tree of the betulaceous genus Carpinus, such as C. betulus of Europe and Asia, having smooth grey bark and hard white wood
- the wood of any of these trees
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Word History and Origins
Origin of hornbeam1
C14: from horn + beam , referring to its tough wood
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Example Sentences
The maple trees in Westminster Abbey represent modesty and the hornbeam trees represent resilience.
From The Daily Beast
One old hornbeam-tree is pointed out as the only tree that escaped destruction.
From Project Gutenberg
By these hornbeam trees a little streamlet flows out from the copse and under the road by a culvert.
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Ascham recommended for men of average strength arrows made of birch, hornbeam, oak, and ash.
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Those who played had to wear leaves of the hornbeam-tree, and these were to be kept fresh, under penalty of a fine.
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The maple, the ash, the hornbeam, the elm and the birch have yet another method of escape from the home acre.
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