american hornbeam

English Thesaurus

1. tree or large shrub with grey bark and blue-green leaves that turn red-orange in autumn (noun.plant)

hypernym	:	hornbeam,
definition	:	any of several trees or shrubs of the genus Carpinus (noun.plant)

member meronym	:	carpinus, genus carpinus,
definition	:	mostly deciduous monoecious trees or shrubs: hornbeams; sometimes placed in subfamily Carpinaceae (noun.plant)