Definition of "hornbeam" [horn•beam]

• Any of various trees of the genus Carpinus, having smooth grayish bark and hard whitish wood. (noun)
• The wood of one of these trees. (noun)

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• "The repetition of boxwood, yew and hornbeam—stalwarts of the French garden—creates an overall harmony, a symphony in green."
• "As my patient husband remarked recently, "I understand now: box, yew, hornbeam and more box, yew and hornbeam.""
• "Charlotte Moss This window in a hornbeam hedge at d'Orsan provides a view of the enfilade of outdoor rooms."