Meaning | Any of various beeches of the southern hemisphere having small usually evergreen leaves. |
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Synonym | southern beech |
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Member of | Nothofagus, genus Nothofagus | beeches of temperate southern hemisphere except Africa |
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Narrower | Coigue, Nothofagus dombeyi | Chilean evergreen whose leafy boughs are used for thatching |
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New Zealand beech | Any of several tall New Zealand trees of the genus Nothofagus |
black beech, Nothofagus solanderi | New Zealand forest / forest tree |
hard beech, Nothofagus truncata | tall New Zealand tree yielding very hard wood |
myrtle beech, Nothofagus cuninghamii | large evergreen tree of Tasmania |
rauli beech, Nothofagus procera | large Chilean timber tree yielding coarse lumber |
roble beech, Nothofagus obliqua | tall deciduous South American tree |
Broader | tree | A tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown |
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