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語源

c. 1570, from 古期英語 horn + beam (“tree”)

発音

• (英国発音) IPA: /ˈhɔːnˌbiːm/
• (米国発音) IPA: /ˈhɔɹnˌbim/

名詞

hornbeam (plural hornbeams)

1. A tree of the genus Carpinus, having a smooth gray bark and a ridged trunk, the wood being white and very hard, common along the banks of streams in the United States.
2. A hop hornbeam (Ostrya virginiana).
3. The wood of these trees.

同意語

• hornbeech, ironwood, musclewood

下位語

• blue beech

派生語

参考

• hornbeam on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Carpinus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Carpinus on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

参照

• “hornbeam”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.