Hop hornbeam Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun any of several trees resembling hornbeams with fruiting clusters resembling hops

WordNet

Definitions
  1. (Bot.), an American tree of the genus Ostrya (O.Virginica) the American ironwood; also, a European species (O. vulgaris).
Definitions
  1. . (Bot.) See under Hop.

Webster 1913