genus ostrya

1. Deciduous monoecious trees of Europe and Asia and America;
   Sometimes placed in subfamily or family Carpinaceae (synset 112307905)
   is a type of: hamamelid dicot genus - genus of mostly woody relatively primitive dicotyledonous flowering plants with flowers often unisexual and often borne in catkins
   member holonym:

   • hop hornbeam - any of several trees resembling hornbeams with fruiting clusters resembling hops
   • old world hop hornbeam, ostrya carpinifolia - medium-sized hop hornbeam of southern Europe and Asia Minor
   • eastern hop hornbeam, ironwood, ironwood tree, ostrya virginiana - medium-sized hop hornbeam of eastern North America
   belongs to: betulaceae, birch family, family betulaceae - monoecious trees and shrubs (including the genera Betula and Alnus and Carpinus and Corylus and Ostrya and Ostryopsis)
   same as: ostrya

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