beech
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(noun) 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 |
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Synonyms: beech tree |
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Related Words: American beech, European beech, Fagus americana, Fagus grandifolia, Fagus pendula, Fagus purpurea, Fagus sylvatica, Fagus sylvatica atropunicea, Fagus sylvatica pendula, Fagus sylvatica purpurea, Japanese beech, common beech, copper beech, purple beech, red beech, tree, weeping beech, white beech |
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(noun) wood of any of various beech trees; used for flooring and containers and plywood and tool handles |
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Synonyms: beechwood |
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Related Words: wood |
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