musclewood

English

musclewood trunk

Wikispecies

Etymology

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

Noun

musclewood (countable and uncountable, plural musclewoods)

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

Synonyms

• American hornbeam
• blue beech
• ironwood