genus carpinus

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   mostly deciduous monoecious trees or shrubs: hornbeams; sometimes placed in subfamily Carpinaceae

   SynonymsCarpinus

   Broaderhamamelid dicot genus

   Part ofBetulaceae

Questions about genus carpinus

What does genus carpinus mean?

genus carpinus means "mostly deciduous monoecious trees or shrubs: hornbeams; sometimes placed in subfamily Carpinaceae".

What is another word for genus carpinus?

Close synonyms include Carpinus. 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 genus carpinus a common word?

genus carpinus 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.