Definition of beech tree

Definitions

Noun

any of several large deciduous trees with rounded spreading crowns and smooth grey bark and small sweet edible triangular nuts enclosed in burs; north temperate regions

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Synonyms

beech

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More General Terms

tree

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More Specific Terms

American beech common beech copper beech European beech Fagus americana Fagus grandifolia Fagus pendula Fagus purpurea Fagus sylvatica Fagus sylvatica atropunicea Fagus sylvatica pendula Fagus sylvatica purpurea Japanese beech purple beech red beech weeping beech white beech

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