Meaning of BEECH
| Pronunciation: | | beech
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- [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
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| | 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 | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \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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