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OSTRYA VIRGINIANA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Ostrya virginiana mean?
• OSTRYA VIRGINIANA (noun)
The noun OSTRYA VIRGINIANA has 1 sense:
1. medium-sized hop hornbeam of eastern North America
Familiarity information: OSTRYA VIRGINIANA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Medium-sized hop hornbeam of eastern North America
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Eastern hop hornbeam; ironwood; ironwood tree; Ostrya virginiana
Hypernyms ("Ostrya virginiana" is a kind of...):
hop hornbeam (any of several trees resembling hornbeams with fruiting clusters resembling hops)
Holonyms ("Ostrya virginiana" 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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