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Definition of Carpinus
1. Noun. Mostly deciduous monoecious trees or shrubs: hornbeams; sometimes placed in subfamily Carpinaceae.
Generic synonyms: Hamamelid Dicot Genus
Group relationships: Betulaceae, Birch Family, Family Betulaceae
Member holonyms: Hornbeam, Carpinus Betulus, European Hornbeam, American Hornbeam, Carpinus Caroliniana
Lexicographical Neighbors of Carpinus
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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