Definition of beech Beech
/biˈʧ/ - [beech] - beech
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NounPlural: beeches |
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| beech - 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 | ||
| beech tree | ||
| tree English actor and theatrical producer noted for his lavish productions of Shakespeare (1853-1917) | ||
| fagus, genus fagus beeches | ||
| beechnut small sweet triangular nut of any of various beech trees | ||
| beechwood, beech 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 | ||
| common beech, european beech, fagus sylvatica large European beech with minutely-toothed leaves; widely planted as an ornamental in North America | ||
| copper beech, fagus purpurea, fagus sylvatica atropunicea, fagus sylvatica purpurea, purple beech variety of European beech with shining purple or copper-colored leaves | ||
| american beech, fagus americana, fagus grandifolia, white beech, red beech North American forest tree with light green leaves and edible nuts | ||
| fagus pendula, fagus sylvatica pendula, weeping beech variety of European beech with pendulous limbs | ||
| beech - wood of any of various beech trees; used for flooring and containers and plywood and tool handles | ||
| beechwood | ||
| wood a golf club with a long shaft used to hit long shots; originally made with a wooden head; "metal woods are now standard" | ||
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Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- beech (n.)
A tree of the genus Fagus.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
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beech
Any tree of the genus Fagus, of temperate regions, having a smooth gray bark and bearing small, edible, triangular nuts. -
beech
Wood of a beech tree.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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beech
bēch, n. a common forest tree with smooth silvery-looking bark and small edible nuts.—adj. Beech′en.—ns. Beech′-mast, the mast or nuts of the beech-tree, which yield a valuable oil; Beech′-oil, oil expressed from the nuts of the beech-tree. [A.S. bóece, béce; Ger. buche, L. fagus, Gr. phēgos—from root of phag-ein, to eat.]
Wikipedia 
- The Beech is a giant tree in the genus Fagus in the plant family Fagaceae. There are about 10 species, all native to Europe.
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🔤- beech, noun, singular of beeches.
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