water beech

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water beech - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Hornbeam \Horn"beam`\, n. [See Beam.] (Bot.)
     A tree of the genus Carpinus (Carpinus Americana), having
     a smooth gray bark and a ridged trunk, the wood being white
     and very hard. It is common along the banks of streams in the
     United States, and is also called ironwood. The English
     hornbeam is Carpinus Betulus. The American is called also
     blue beech and water beech.
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     Hop hornbeam. (Bot.) See under Hop.
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  Water beech \Wa"ter beech`\ (Bot.)
     The American hornbeam. See Hornbeam.
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