OLD WORLD HOP HORNBEAM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Old World hop hornbeam mean? 

• OLD WORLD HOP HORNBEAM (noun)
  The noun OLD WORLD HOP HORNBEAM has 1 sense:

1. medium-sized hop hornbeam of southern Europe and Asia Minor

  Familiarity information: OLD WORLD HOP HORNBEAM used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• OLD WORLD HOP HORNBEAM (noun)

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Meaning:

Medium-sized hop hornbeam of southern Europe and Asia Minor

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Old World hop hornbeam; Ostrya carpinifolia

Hypernyms ("Old World hop hornbeam" is a kind of...):

hop hornbeam (any of several trees resembling hornbeams with fruiting clusters resembling hops)

Holonyms ("Old World 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)