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hop hornbeam definition

hop hornbeam

  1. any of a genus (Ostrya) of North American trees of the birch family, with gray bark and hoplike cones
  2. the hard wood of this tree, often used in tool handles

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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