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hornbeam † 
n. the blue beech, Carpinus caroliniana; also, the wood of this tree.
- 1823 Hornbeam [Carpinus Ostia].
- 1832 (1953) Ours [timber] consists of maple, beech, butternut, elm, white ash, hornbeam, a sprinkling of oak, and some cherry and bass wood.
- 1956 Blue-Beech Carpinus caroliniana . . . [also called] hornbeam.
- 1823 Hornbeam [Carpinus Ostia].