1. deciduous monoecious shrubs of China and Mongolia resembling trees of the genus Ostrya; sometimes placed in subfamily or family Carpinaceae; [syn: Ostryopsis, genus Ostryopsis]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
Ostryopsis
n 1: deciduous monoecious shrubs of China and Mongolia
resembling trees of the genus Ostrya; sometimes placed in
subfamily or family Carpinaceae [syn: Ostryopsis, genus
Ostryopsis]