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OSTRYA CARPINIFOLIA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Ostrya carpinifolia mean?
• OSTRYA CARPINIFOLIA (noun)
The noun OSTRYA CARPINIFOLIA has 1 sense:
1. medium-sized hop hornbeam of southern Europe and Asia Minor
Familiarity information: OSTRYA CARPINIFOLIA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Medium-sized hop hornbeam of southern Europe and Asia Minor
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Old World hop hornbeam; Ostrya carpinifolia
Hypernyms ("Ostrya carpinifolia" is a kind of...):
hop hornbeam (any of several trees resembling hornbeams with fruiting clusters resembling hops)
Holonyms ("Ostrya carpinifolia" 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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