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See also: Beech
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Etymology
[edit]From Middle English beche, from Old English bēċe, from Proto-West Germanic *bōkijā (“beech”). Doublet of buky.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]beech (plural beeches)
- A tree of the genus Fagus having a smooth, light grey trunk, oval, pointed leaves, and many branches.
- 1907 January, Harold Bindloss, chapter 1, in The Dust of Conflict, 1st Canadian edition, Toronto, Ont.: McLeod & Allen, →OCLC:
- A beech wood with silver firs in it rolled down the face of the hill, and the maze of leafless twigs and dusky spires cut sharp against the soft blueness of the evening sky.
- The wood of the beech tree.
Synonyms
[edit]- (tree): beech tree
- (wood): beechwood
Derived terms
[edit]- American beech
- Antarctic beech
- beech bark disease
- beech-de-mer
- beechdrops
- beechen
- Beech Forest
- Beech Grove
- beechlike
- beech marten
- beech mast
- beechmast
- beechnut
- beech nut
- beech oil
- beech snap
- Beechtree
- beechy
- blue beech
- Bough Beech
- Carshalton Beeches
- common beech
- copper beech
- Dombey's beech
- dwarf beech
- European beech
- High Beech
- Japanese beech
- lenga beech
- Magellan's beech
- Mexican beech
- myrtle beech
- parasol beech
- Siebold's beech
- southern beech
- twisted beech
- white beech
Translations
[edit]tree of genus Fagus
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- en:Beech family plants