English > beech tree: 1 sense > noun 1, plant| Meaning | 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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| Synonym | beech |
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| Member of | Fagus, genus Fagus | beeches |
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| Parts | beechnut | small sweet triangular nut of any of various beech trees |
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| Narrower | American beech, white beech, red beech, Fagus grandifolia, Fagus americana | North American forest / forest tree with light green leaves and edible nuts |
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| Japanese beech | A beech native to Japan having soft light yellowish-brown wood |
| common beech, European beech, Fagus sylvatica | large European beech with minutely-toothed leaves |
| copper beech, purple beech, Fagus sylvatica atropunicea, Fagus purpurea, Fagus sylvatica purpurea | Variety of European beech with shining purple or copper-colored leaves |
| weeping beech, Fagus pendula, Fagus sylvatica pendula | Variety of European beech with pendulous limbs |
| Broader | tree | A tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown |
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| Substances | beech, beechwood | wood of any of various beech trees |
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| Spanish | fagus, haya |
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| Catalan | faig |
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