hop hornbeam

See also: hophornbeam

English
hop-like fruit of a
hop hornbeam

Alternative forms

Etymology

From the resemblance of the fruit to hops. See hornbeam

Noun

hop hornbeam (countable and uncountable, plural hop hornbeams)

  1. A tree of the species Ostrya virginiana.
  2. Its wood.

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