Definition of "hornbeams" [hornbeams]

• Plural form of hornbeam. (noun)

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• "The trees – field maples and hornbeams, wheeled in to the church with great physical difficulty and at a reputed cost of £50,000 – seemed an odd move, but they made Westminster Abbey feel fresh and spring-like, and brought with them slightly incongruous hints of a simple, old-fashioned country wedding."
• "For my part, I'll be in Wytham, on the edge of Oxford, among the native beeches and hornbeams."
• "The pines and firs down in the south are much taller than these hornbeams."