1. deciduous monoecious trees of Europe and Asia and America; sometimes placed in subfamily or family Carpinaceae; [syn: Ostrya, genus Ostrya]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
genus Ostrya
n 1: deciduous monoecious trees of Europe and Asia and America;
sometimes placed in subfamily or family Carpinaceae [syn:
Ostrya, genus Ostrya]