Definition of Genus Carpinus

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


Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Carpinus

genus Carcharodon
genus Cardamine
genus Cardium
genus Carduelis
genus Carduus
genus Caretta
genus Carex
genus Cariama
genus Carica
genus Carissa
genus Carlina
genus Carnegiea
genus Carpenteria
genus Carphophis
genus Carpinus (current term)
genus Carpobrotus
genus Carpocapsa
genus Carpodacus
genus Carthamus
genus Carum
genus Carya
genus Caryocar
genus Caryota
genus Casmerodius
genus Castanea
genus Castanopsis

Literary usage of Genus Carpinus

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

1. The Elements of Forestry: Designed to Afford Information Concerning the by Franklin Benjamin Hough (1882)
"HORNBEAM (genus Carpinus). 924. Of the genus Carpinus, about nine species are found in the North Temperate Zone of the Old and New World, and but one (C. ..."

2. Reports Relating to the Project of Constructing a Railway, and a Line of by M. H. Perley (1847)
"genus Carpinus. Of the genus Carpinus two species are found in New Brunswick, which are commonly known by the names of Hornbeam and Iron Wood. ..."

3. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society Held at Philadelphia for by American Philosophical Society (1914)
"... however, and the earlier students who described them compared them with the somewhat similar winged fruits of the genus Carpinus (Betulaceae). ..."

4. The Tree Book: A Popular Guide to a Knowledge of the Trees of North America by Julia Ellen Rogers (1905)
"Genus CARPINUS, Linn. Small tree, with smooth, grey bark, showing swellings like veins. Leaves simple, alternate ..."

5. Native Trees of Kentucky: A Handbook by Sarah Webb Maury (1910)
"... HORNBEAM—genus Carpinus. American Hornbeam—Carpinus caroliniana. The American Hornbeam is a small tree, growing everywhere in Kentucky along waterways, ..."

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