blue beech

English

The bark of a blue beech

Wikispecies

Etymology

blue (from the color of the bark) + beech (from the smooth bark or the form of the leaves)

Noun

blue beech (countable and uncountable, plural blue beeches)

1. Carpinus caroliniana, a species of deciduous tree.
2. (uncountable) The wood of this species.
3. (countable) A tree of this species.

Synonyms

• American hornbeam
• musclewood
• ironwood.