Carpinus

Definitions of Carpinus
  1. noun
    mostly deciduous monoecious trees or shrubs: hornbeams; sometimes placed in subfamily Carpinaceae
    synonyms: genus Carpinus
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    type of:
    hamamelid dicot genus
    genus of mostly woody relatively primitive dicotyledonous flowering plants with flowers often unisexual and often borne in catkins
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