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Definition of Hornbeams
1. hornbeam [n] - See also: hornbeam
Lexicographical Neighbors of Hornbeams
Literary usage of Hornbeams
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Tree Book: A Popular Guide to a Knowledge of the Trees of North America by Julia Ellen Rogers (1905)
"(C. Caroliniana) HORNBEAM The hornbeams, or ironwoods, are little trees hiding
in the shadows of the forest. They are of slow growth; their wood is very ..."
2. Minnesota Plant Life by Conway MacMillan (1899)
"The smaller trees are ironwoods and hop-hornbeams. Lake Calhoun. After photograph
by Hibbard. at the base. They are among the most valuable of the hardwood ..."
3. More Pot-pourri from a Surrey Garden by Maria Theresa Earle (1899)
"DECEMBER Lonely evenings and more papers—Figs from France—hornbeams and Weeping
hornbeams—Wire netting round small fruit trees —Damsons—Roman Hyacinths and ..."
4. Forest Flora of Japan: Notes on the Forest Flora of Japan by Charles Sprague Sargent (1894)
"... BIRCHES, ALDERS, AND hornbeams. IN nut-bearing trees the forests of Japan are
poor in comparison with those of eastern North America. ..."
5. A Compendium of the Law and Practice of Injunctions: And of Interlocutory by Robert Henley Eden Henley, Thomas Whitney Waterman (1852)
"... Of £rees w;hich arc otherwise not timber, as hornbeams, ha- zels, willows,
sallows, &c. will from the situation in which 240, SC 3 Л. 266; ..."
6. Bulletin by Bureau of Biological Survey, United States (1911)
"They are tabulated by genera below : Two of the hornbeams and two hop hornbeams
are much ... Trees like the hornbeams with smooth close bark, and birches, ..."
7. Epping Forest by Edward North Buxton (1901)
"The process, if not complete, is so forward that very moderate thinning will
suffice in future. Along with the hornbeams are a good many ..."
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