genus Ostrya

Thesaurus

Noun

1.genus Ostrya - deciduous monoecious trees of Europe and Asia and America; sometimes placed in subfamily or family CarpinaceaeOstryahamamelid dicot genus - genus of mostly woody relatively primitive dicotyledonous flowering plants with flowers often unisexual and often borne in catkinsBetulaceae, birch family, family Betulaceae - monoecious trees and shrubs (including the genera Betula and Alnus and Carpinus and Corylus and Ostrya and Ostryopsis)hop hornbeam - any of several trees resembling hornbeams with fruiting clusters resembling hopsOld World hop hornbeam, Ostrya carpinifolia - medium-sized hop hornbeam of southern Europe and Asia MinorEastern hop hornbeam, Ostrya virginiana, ironwood tree, ironwood - medium-sized hop hornbeam of eastern North America