Associations to the word «Hornbeam»

Wiktionary

HORNBEAM, noun. A tree of the genus Carpinus, having a smooth gray bark and a ridged trunk, the wood being white and very hard, common along the banks of streams in the United States.
HORNBEAM, noun. A hop hornbeam (Ostrya virginiana).
HORNBEAM, noun. The wood of these trees.

Dictionary definition

HORNBEAM, noun. Any of several trees or shrubs of the genus Carpinus.

Wise words

It is better wither to be silent, or to say things of more value than silence. Sooner throw a pearl at hazard than an idle or useless word; and do not say a little in many words, but a great deal in a few.
Pythagoras