Translingual

Carpinus betulus

Proper noun

Carpinus f

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Betulaceae – the hornbeams.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Plantae - kingdom; angiosperms, eudicots, core eudicots, rosids, eurosids I - clades; Fagales - order; Betulaceae - family; Coryloideae - subfamily

Hyponyms

• (genus): Carpinus betulus - European hornbeam; Carpinus caroliniana - American hornbeam; Carpinus cordata - Sawa hornbeam; Carpinus fargesii - Farges' hornbeam; Carpinus laxiflora - Aka-shide hornbeam; Carpinus japonica - Japanese hornbeam; Carpinus orientalis - oriental hornbeam; Carpinus tschonoskii - Chonowski's hornbeam; Carpinus turczaninowii - Turkzaninov's hornbeam — selected species

Latin

Noun

carpinus m ‎(genitive carpinī); second declension

1. Hornbeam; European hornbeam; a variety of deciduous tree.

Inflection

Second declension.

Descendants

References

• carpinus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “carpinus”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.