OSTRYA VIRGINIANA

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Meaning:

Medium-sized hop hornbeam of eastern North America

Synonyms:

Eastern hop hornbeam; ironwood; ironwood tree; Ostrya virginiana

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Nouns denoting plants

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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