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Definition of Genus 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 Genus Carpinus
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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