单词 | hop hornbeam |
释义 | hop hornbeam in American English1. any of a genus (Ostrya) of North American trees of the birch family, with gray bark and hoplike cones 2. the hard wood of this tree, often used in tool handles hop hornbeam in American Englishnoun any of several Eurasian and North American trees of the genus Ostrya, of the birch family, esp. O. virginiana, bearing hoplike fruiting clusters Word origin [1775–85, Amer.]This word is first recorded in the period 1775–85. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: alto, backfire, flashing, guideline, interference |
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