american hornbeam

1. 1.

   tree or large shrub with grey bark and blue-green leaves that turn red-orange in autumn

   SynonymsCarpinus caroliniana

   Broaderhornbeam

   Part ofCarpinus

Questions about american hornbeam

What does american hornbeam mean?

american hornbeam means "tree or large shrub with grey bark and blue-green leaves that turn red-orange in autumn".

What is another word for american hornbeam?

Close synonyms include Carpinus caroliniana. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is american hornbeam a common word?

american hornbeam is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.