Definitions

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  • noun botany A common name for the species Carpinus caroliniana, a species of deciduous tree.
  • noun uncountable The wood of this species.
  • noun countable A tree of this species.

Etymologies

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muscle (“from the sinewy appearance of the trunk and branches”) +‎ wood

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