English noun: genus Carpinus | |||
1. | genus Carpinus (plant) mostly deciduous monoecious trees or shrubs: hornbeams; sometimes placed in subfamily Carpinaceae | ||
Synonyms | Carpinus | ||
Broader (hypernym) | hamamelid dicot genus | ||
Member holonym | American hornbeam, Carpinus betulus, Carpinus caroliniana, European hornbeam, hornbeam | ||
Member meronym | Betulaceae, birch family, family Betulaceae | ||