CARPINUS CAROLINIANA

 Dictionary entry overview: What does Carpinus caroliniana mean? 

• CARPINUS CAROLINIANA (noun)
  The noun CARPINUS CAROLINIANA has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: CARPINUS CAROLINIANA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CARPINUS CAROLINIANA (noun)

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

American hornbeam; Carpinus caroliniana

Hypernyms ("Carpinus caroliniana" is a kind of...):

hornbeam (any of several trees or shrubs of the genus Carpinus)

Holonyms ("Carpinus caroliniana" is a member of...):

Carpinus; genus Carpinus (mostly deciduous monoecious trees or shrubs: hornbeams; sometimes placed in subfamily Carpinaceae)