1. medium-sized Old World tree with smooth grey bark and leaves like beech that turn yellow-orange in autumn; [syn: European hornbeam, Carpinus betulus]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
European hornbeam
n 1: medium-sized Old World tree with smooth grey bark and
leaves like beech that turn yellow-orange in autumn [syn:
European hornbeam, Carpinus betulus]