American hornbeam

noun

1. hornbeam

Word History and Origins

Origin of American hornbeam¹

An Americanism dating back to 1775–85

Example Sentences

Take the Hornbeam Trail, interspersed with the American hornbeam, a distinctive tree also called the musclewood — so named because the bark resembles rippling muscles.

From Washington Post

These include the serviceberry, sweetbay and cucumber magnolias, Japanese apricot, American hornbeam, Persian parrotia and red buckeye.

From Washington Post

The American hornbeam is an elegant small tree with spreading branches, beechlike leaves and sinewy bark but is overlooked in favor of the more formal, upright European version.

From Washington Post

The American hornbeam is also one of the tree species that prefers to be transplanted in the spring rather than the fall, hence the timing.

From Washington Post

The American hornbeam has bluish gray bark, very fine in texture, from which the name "blue beech," is common in some localities.

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