Definition of Carpinus

1. Noun. Mostly deciduous monoecious trees or shrubs: hornbeams; sometimes placed in subfamily Carpinaceae.


Lexicographical Neighbors of Carpinus

Carolyn
Carothers
Carpathian
Carpathian Mountains
Carpathians
Carpatho-Rusyn
Carpatho-Ukraine
Carpenter
Carpenter's syndrome
Carpenteria
Carpenteria californica
Carpentier-Edwards valve
Carphophis
Carphophis amoenus
Carpinaceae
Carpinus
Carpinus betulus
Carpinus caroliniana
Carpobrotus
Carpobrotus edulis
Carpocapsa
Carpocapsa pomonella
Carpodacus
Carpodacus mexicanus
Carpodacus purpureus
Carpoglyptus
Carpue's method
Carr-Price reaction
Carr-Price test
Carr-Purcell experiment

Literary usage of Carpinus

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society Held at Philadelphia for by American Philosophical Society (1897)
"Near by were found bedded in Layer 3 small pieces of bark, nuts, grass, twigs, and plant fibre unidentified, pieces of horn beam seed, carpinus ..."

2. Forest Flora of Japan: Notes on the Forest Flora of Japan by Charles Sprague. Sargent (1894)
"One of the Japanese species, however, carpinus erosa of Blume, is a doubtful plant ; another, the carpinus Tschonoskii of Maximowicz, from the Hakone ..."

3. The Principal Species of Wood: Their Characteristic Properties by Charles Henry Snow (1908)
"(carpinus, Ostrya, etc.) Beech is well known on the ... The name Ironwood has been applied to Blue Beech (carpinus ..."

4. The Forester =: Or, A Practical Treatise on the Planting, Rearing, and by James Brown (1882)
"THE HORNBEAM (cARPINUs)—LINN^AN SYSTEM, ... is very hardy, and attains to very considerable magnitude of timber under favourable circumstances. carpinus ..."

5. Paxton's Botanical Dictionary: Comprising the Names, History, and Culture of by Joseph Paxton (1868)
"The species of Hop Hornbeam attain a good size, and are increased by layers or seeds. Synonyme: 1, carpinus ..."

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