Beech (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

noun
  1. any deciduous tree of the genus Fagus, of temperate regions, having a smooth gray bark and bearing small, edible, triangular nuts.
  2. the wood from a beech tree of the genus Fagus, including the commonly cultivated European beech.
  3. any member of the beech family (Fagaceae).
noun
  1. any N temperate tree of the genus Fagus, esp F. sylvatica of Europe, having smooth greyish bark: family Fagaceae
  2. any tree of the related genus Nothofagus, of temperate Australasia and South America
  3. the hard wood of any of these trees, used in making furniture, etc
  4. See copper beech
Beech (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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