About The Word Beech
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Beech
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What's The Definition Of Beech?
[n] any of several large deciduous trees with rounded spreading crowns and smooth gray bark and small sweet edible triangular nuts enclosed in burs; north temperate regions
[n] wood of any of various beech trees; used for flooring and containers and plywood and tool handles Synonyms | Synonyms for Beech: beech tree Related Terms | Find terms related to Beech: See Also | American beech | beech | beechnut | beechwood | common beech | copper beech | European beech | Fagus | Fagus americana | Fagus grandifolia | Fagus pendula | Fagus purpurea | Fagus sylvatica | Fagus sylvatica atropunicea | Fagus sylvatica pendula | Fagus sylvatica purpurea | genus Fagus | Japanese beech | purple beech | red beech | tree | weeping beech | white beech | wood Beech In Webster's Dictionary \Beech\, n.; pl. {Beeches}. [OE. beche, AS. b?ce; akin to
D. beuk, OHG. buocha, G. buche, Icel. beyki, Dan. b["o]g, Sw.
bok, Russ. buk, L. fagus, Gr. ? oak, ? to eat, Skr. bhaksh;
the tree being named originally from the esculent fruit. See
{Book}, and cf. 7th {Buck}, {Buckwheat}.] (Bot.)
A tree of the genus {Fagus}.
Note: It grows to a large size, having a smooth bark and
thick foliage, and bears an edible triangular nut, of
which swine are fond. The {Fagus sylvatica} is the
European species, and the {F. ferruginea} that of
America.
{Beech drops} (Bot.), a parasitic plant which grows on the
roots of beeches ({Epiphegus Americana}).
{Beech marten} (Zo["o]l.), the stone marten of Europe
({Mustela foina}).
{Beech mast}, the nuts of the beech, esp. as they lie under
the trees, in autumn.
{Beech oil}, oil expressed from the mast or nuts of the beech
tree.
{Cooper beech}, a variety of the European beech with
copper-colored, shining leaves.
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