beech : Idioms & Phrases

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american beech

  • noun North American forest tree with light green leaves and edible nuts
    red beech; Fagus grandifolia; Fagus americana; American beech.
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Beech drops

  • (Bot.), a parasitic plant which grows on the roots of beeches (Epiphegus Americana).
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beech family

  • noun chiefly monoecious trees and shrubs: beeches; chestnuts; oaks; genera Castanea, Castanopsis, Chrysolepis, Fagus, Lithocarpus, Nothofagus, Quercus
    family Fagaceae; Fagaceae.
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beech fern

  • noun any fern of the genus Phegopteris having deeply cut triangular fronds
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Beech marten

  • noun Eurasian marten having a brown coat with pale breast and throat
    Martes foina; stone marten.
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  • (Zoöl.), the stone marten of Europe (Mustela foina).
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Beech mast

  • the nuts of the beech, esp. as they lie under the trees, in autumn.
Webster 1913

Beech oil

  • oil expressed from the mast or nuts of the beech tree.
Webster 1913

beech tree

  • 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
    beech.
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Beech" tree`
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  1. The beech.
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black beech

  • noun New Zealand forest tree
    Nothofagus solanderi.
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broad beech fern

  • noun beech fern of North American woodlands having straw-colored stripes
    Phegopteris hexagonoptera; Thelypteris hexagonoptera; broad beech fern; Dryopteris hexagonoptera.
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common beech

  • noun large European beech with minutely-toothed leaves; widely planted as an ornamental in North America
    common beech; Fagus sylvatica.
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Cooper beech

  • a variety of the European beech with copper-colored, shining leaves.
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copper beech

  • noun variety of European beech with shining purple or copper-colored leaves
    Fagus purpurea; Fagus sylvatica purpurea; Fagus sylvatica atropunicea; copper beech.
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european beech

  • noun large European beech with minutely-toothed leaves; widely planted as an ornamental in North America
    common beech; Fagus sylvatica.
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evergreen beech

  • noun any of various beeches of the southern hemisphere having small usually evergreen leaves
    evergreen beech.
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hard beech

  • noun tall New Zealand tree yielding very hard wood
    Nothofagus truncata.
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indian beech

  • noun evergreen Asiatic tree having glossy pinnate leaves and racemose creamy-white scented flowers; used as a shade tree
    Pongamia glabra.
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japanese beech

  • noun a beech native to Japan having soft light yellowish-brown wood
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long beech fern

  • noun beech fern of North America and Eurasia
    Dryopteris phegopteris; narrow beech fern; Phegopteris connectilis; long beech fern; Thelypteris phegopteris.
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myrtle beech

  • noun large evergreen tree of Tasmania
    Nothofagus cuninghamii.
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narrow beech fern

  • noun beech fern of North America and Eurasia
    Dryopteris phegopteris; narrow beech fern; Phegopteris connectilis; long beech fern; Thelypteris phegopteris.
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native beech

  • noun tall Australian timber tree yielding tough hard wood used for staves etc
    Flindersia australis; flindosy; flindosa.
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new zealand beech

  • noun any of several tall New Zealand trees of the genus Nothofagus; some yield useful timber
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northern beech fern

  • noun beech fern of North America and Eurasia
    Dryopteris phegopteris; narrow beech fern; Phegopteris connectilis; long beech fern; Thelypteris phegopteris.
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purple beech

  • noun variety of European beech with shining purple or copper-colored leaves
    Fagus purpurea; Fagus sylvatica purpurea; Fagus sylvatica atropunicea; copper beech.
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rauli beech

  • noun large Chilean timber tree yielding coarse lumber
    Nothofagus procera.
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red beech

  • noun North American forest tree with light green leaves and edible nuts
    red beech; Fagus grandifolia; Fagus americana; American beech.
  • noun large tree of Australasia
    silky elm; booyong; brown oak; Terrietia trifoliolata; stave wood; crow's foot; Heritiera trifoliolata.
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roble beech

  • noun tall deciduous South American tree
    Nothofagus obliqua.
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silver beech

  • noun New Zealand beech with usually pale silvery bark
    Nothofagus menziesii.
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southern beech

  • noun any of various beeches of the southern hemisphere having small usually evergreen leaves
    evergreen beech.
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southern beech fern

  • noun beech fern of North American woodlands having straw-colored stripes
    Phegopteris hexagonoptera; Thelypteris hexagonoptera; broad beech fern; Dryopteris hexagonoptera.
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water beech

Wa"ter beech`
Definitions
  1. (Bot.) The American hornbeam. See Hornbeam.
Webster 1913

weeping beech

  • noun variety of European beech with pendulous limbs
    Fagus sylvatica pendula; Fagus pendula.
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white beech

  • noun North American forest tree with light green leaves and edible nuts
    red beech; Fagus grandifolia; Fagus americana; American beech.
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