Beech

n.

1.

(Bot.) A tree of the genus Fagus. Beech drops (Bot.) a parasitic plant which grows on the roots of beeches (Epiphegus Americana). Beech marten (Zool.) 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.

Noun	1.	beech - 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 tree
	2.	beech - wood of any of various beech trees; used for flooring and containers and plywood and tool handles Synonyms: beechwood

beech tree, beechwood, wood

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