HOP HORNBEAM
Dictionary entry overview: What does hop hornbeam mean? • HOP HORNBEAM (noun)
The noun HOP HORNBEAM has 1 sense:
1. any of several trees resembling hornbeams with fruiting clusters resembling hops
Familiarity information: HOP HORNBEAM used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• HOP HORNBEAM (noun)
Meaning:
Any of several trees resembling hornbeams with fruiting clusters resembling hops
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Hypernyms ("hop hornbeam" is a kind of...):
tree (a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "hop hornbeam"):
Old World hop hornbeam; Ostrya carpinifolia (medium-sized hop hornbeam of southern Europe and Asia Minor)
Eastern hop hornbeam; ironwood; ironwood tree; Ostrya virginiana (medium-sized hop hornbeam of eastern North America)
Holonyms ("hop hornbeam" is a member of...):
genus Ostrya; Ostrya (deciduous monoecious trees of Europe and Asia and America; sometimes placed in subfamily or family Carpinaceae)
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