beech

1. 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 (synset 112281316)
   is a type of: tree - a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms
   subtypes:

   • common beech, european beech, fagus sylvatica - large European beech with minutely-toothed leaves; widely planted as an ornamental in North America
   • copper beech, fagus purpurea, fagus sylvatica atropunicea, fagus sylvatica purpurea, purple beech - variety of European beech with shining purple or copper-colored leaves
   • american beech, fagus americana, fagus grandifolia, red beech, white beech - North American forest tree with light green leaves and edible nuts
   • fagus pendula, fagus sylvatica pendula, weeping beech - variety of European beech with pendulous limbs
   • japanese beech - a beech native to Japan having soft light yellowish-brown wood
   belongs to: fagus, genus fagus - beeches
   has: beechnut - small sweet triangular nut of any of various beech trees
   substance holonym: beech, beechwood - wood of any of various beech trees; used for flooring and containers and plywood and tool handles
   same as: beech tree
2. Wood of any of various beech trees;
   Used for flooring and containers and plywood and tool handles (synset 112281696)
   is a type of: wood - the hard fibrous lignified substance under the bark of trees
   substance meronym: beech, beech tree - 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
   same as: beechwood

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