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american hornbeam

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 1.92 in modern English

Syllables
amer-i-can horn-beam
IPA
27
Scrabble Score
16
Letters
4
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Carpinus caroliniana, a deciduous tree of eastern North America.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

The wood of this tree.

Uncountable

Etymology

American + hornbeam (from the hardness of its wood)

Usage

Inflected Forms

American hornbeams (plural)

Synonyms

blue beech musclewood ironwood carpinus caroliniana

Questions

What does american hornbeam mean?
Carpinus caroliniana, a deciduous tree of eastern North America.
Where does american hornbeam come from?
American + hornbeam (from the hardness of its wood)

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