noun
mostly deciduous monoecious trees or shrubs: hornbeams; sometimes placed in subfamily Carpinaceae
• Syn: ↑Carpinus
• Hypernyms: ↑hamamelid dicot genus
• Member Holonyms: ↑Betulaceae, ↑family Betulaceae, ↑birch family
• Member Meronyms: ↑hornbeam, ↑European hornbeam, ↑Carpinus betulus, ↑American hornbeam, ↑Carpinus caroliniana
Useful english dictionary. 2012.