Definitions for "Hornbeam"
A tree of the genus Carpinus (Carpinus Americana), having a smooth gray bark and a ridged trunk, the wood being white and very hard. It is common along the banks of streams in the United States, and is also called ironwood. The English hornbeam is Carpinus Betulus. The American is called also blue beech and water beech.
The wood the pins and the frame are made from. This is a hardwood, related to beech.
any of several trees or shrubs of the genus Carpinus
has hard, heavy wood
a wood used in making wands; Viktor Krum's wand was made of hornbeam (GF18)