Beech

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A deciduous tree of the genus Fagus having smooth gray bark, alternate simple leaves, and three-angled nuts enclosed in prickly burs. The best-known species are F. grandifolia of eastern North America and the European species F. sylvatica and its numerous cultivated forms.
  • n. The wood of any of these trees, used for flooring, containers, plywood, and tool handles.
  • n. Any of several other woody plants, as in the genera Carpinus and Nothofagus.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A tree of the genus Fagus having a smooth, light grey trunk, oval, pointed leaves and many branches.
  • n. The wood of the beech tree.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A tree of the genus Fagus.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A tree of the genus Fagus, natural order Cupuliferœ.
  • n. Obsolete spelling of beach.
  • n. Any one of several trees of different genera having a real or fancied resemblance to the true beeches; especially, Cryptocarya glaucescens, of the laurel family. Also called she-beech and black beech.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. 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
  • n. wood of any of various beech trees; used for flooring and containers and plywood and tool handles
  • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    wood   
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    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    beech tree   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Beach    Peach    Teach    beach    beseech    bleach    breach    breech    creach    each   
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