european hornbeam

1. 1.

   medium-sized Old World tree with smooth grey bark and leaves like beech that turn yellow-orange in autumn

   SynonymsCarpinus betulus

   Broaderhornbeam

   Part ofCarpinus

Questions about european hornbeam

What does european hornbeam mean?

european hornbeam means "medium-sized Old World tree with smooth grey bark and leaves like beech that turn yellow-orange in autumn".

What is another word for european hornbeam?

Close synonyms include Carpinus betulus. 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 european hornbeam a common word?

european 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.