Beech tree

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The beech.

Noun

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beech tree - 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 Synonyms: beech

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