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Definition of Beech

1. Noun. 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.

2. Noun. Wood of any of various beech trees; used for flooring and containers and plywood and tool handles.

Definition of Beech

1. n. A tree of the genus Fagus.

Definition of Beech

1. Noun. A tree of the genus ''Fagus'' having a smooth, light grey trunk, oval, pointed leaves and many branches. ¹

2. Noun. The wood of the beech tree. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Beech

1. a type of tree [n -ES] : BEECHEN [adj]

Medical Definition of Beech

1. Origin: OE. Beche, AS. Bce; akin to D. Beuk, OHG. Buocha, G. Buche, Icel. Beyki, Dan. Bog, 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. A tree of the genus Fagus. 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, the stone marten of Europe (Mustela foina). Beech mast, the nuts of the beech, especially. 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-coloured, shining leaves. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Beech

bee larkspur bee moth bee orchid bee smoker bee smokers bee sting bee sting kit bee stings bee toxin bee venoms

beebalm beebee beebees beebread beebreads beech (current term) beech family beech fern beech marten beech martens

beech mast beech masts beech oil beech snap beech tree beechdrops beechen beeches beechier beechiest

Literary usage of Beech

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The North American Sylva, Or, A Description of the Forest Trees, of the by François André Michaux, Augustus L Hillhouse (1819)
"IN North America and in Europe the beech is one of the tallest and most majestic trees of the forest. Two species are found in Canada and in the United ..."

2. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Court of King's Bench: With by Great Britain Court of King's Bench, George Mifflin Wharton (1845)
"That some beech was used for building ; others for repairs of waggons, ace. ... On the part of the defendants, it was contended that the beech poles in ..."

3. Manual of Tree Diseases by William Howard Rankin (1918)
"The American and different varieties of the European beech are often used ... The roots are parasitized by the flowering plant commonly known as beech-drop. ..."

4. Arboretum et fruticetum Britannicum; or, The trees and shrubs of Britain by John Claudius Loudon (1838)
"The largest beeches now existing in England are, the Studley beech (see ... The King beech, also in the park at Ashridge, and which u representen* by the ..."

5. Cyclopedia of American Literature: Embracing Personal and Critical Notices by Evert Augustus Duyckinck, George Long Duyckinck (1856)
"No echoes there wake but are magical, each, Like words, on my spirit they fall; They speak of the hours when we came to the beech, And listened together tu ..."

6. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and (1910)
"beech-mast, the fruit of the beech-tree, was formerly known in England as buck; and the county of Buckingham is so named from its fame as a beech-growing ..."

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