beech


Definition: Meaning of, beech in English to English dictionary.

Pronunciation: / biːtʃ /

  • noun
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beech beeches
[uncountable and countable]
  1. a large tree with smooth grey BARK (= outer covering), or the wood from this tree
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beech used in phrases

  • American beech (noun)
    1. north American forest tree with light green leaves and edible nuts
  • European beech (noun)
    1. large European beech with minutely-toothed leaves; widely planted as an ornamental in North America
  • Indian beech (noun)
    1. evergreen Asiatic tree having glossy pinnate leaves and racemose creamy-white scented flowers; used as a shade tree
  • Japanese beech (noun)
    1. a beech native to Japan having soft light yellowish-brown wood
  • New Zealand beech (noun)
    1. any of several tall New Zealand trees of the genus Nothofagus; some yield useful timber
  • beech family (noun)
    1. chiefly monoecious trees and shrubs: beeches; chestnuts; oaks; genera Castanea, Castanopsis, Chrysolepis, Fagus, Lithocarpus, Nothofagus, Quercus
  • beech fern (noun)
    1. any fern of the genus Phegopteris having deeply cut triangular fronds
  • beech marten (noun)
    1. eurasian marten having a brown coat with pale breast and throat
  • beech tree (noun)
    1. any of several large deciduous trees with rounded spreading crowns, smooth grey bark, and small sweet edible triangular nuts enclosed in burs; found in north temperate regions
  • black beech (noun)
    1. new Zealand forest tree
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