genus ostrya

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   deciduous monoecious trees of Europe and Asia and America; sometimes placed in subfamily or family Carpinaceae

   SynonymsOstrya

   Broaderhamamelid dicot genus

   Part ofBetulaceae

Questions about genus ostrya

What does genus ostrya mean?

genus ostrya means "deciduous monoecious trees of Europe and Asia and America; sometimes placed in subfamily or family Carpinaceae".

What is another word for genus ostrya?

Close synonyms include Ostrya. 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 ostrya a common word?

genus ostrya 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.