'Beech' definitions:

Definition of 'beech'

From: WordNet
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 [syn: beech, beech tree]
noun
Wood of any of various beech trees; used for flooring and containers and plywood and tool handles [syn: beech, beechwood]

Definition of 'Beech'

From: GCIDE
  • Beech \Beech\, n.; pl. Beeches. [OE. beche, AS. b?ce; akin to D. beuk, OHG. buocha, G. buche, Icel. beyki, Dan. b["o]g, 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.] (Bot.) A tree of the genus Fagus. [1913 Webster]
  • Note: 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 Fagus ferruginea that of America. [1913 Webster]
  • 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. [1913 Webster]

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