HyperDic: genus_ostrya

English > 1 sense of the expression genus Ostrya:
NOUNplantgenus Ostrya, Ostryadeciduous monoecious trees of Europe and Asia and America
English > genus Ostrya: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
Meaningdeciduous monoecious trees of Europe and Asia and America; sometimes placed in subfamily or family Carpinaceae.
SynonymOstrya
Member ofBetulaceae, family Betulaceae, birch familymonoecious trees and shrubs (including the genera ... / genera Betula and Alnus and Carpinus and Corylus and Ostrya and Ostryopsis)
MembersEastern hop hornbeam, ironwood, ironwood tree, Ostrya virginianamedium-sized hop hornbeam of eastern North America
Old World hop hornbeam, Ostrya carpinifoliamedium-sized hop hornbeam of southern Europe and Asia Minor
hop hornbeamAny of several trees resembling hornbeams with fruiting clusters resembling hops
Broaderhamamelid dicot genusgenus of mostly woody relatively primitive dicotyledonous flowering plants with flowers often unisexual and often borne in catkins
Spanishgenus ostrya, ostrya
Catalangenus ostrya, ostrya

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