southern beech
Noun
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Any of various beeches of the southern hemisphere having small usually evergreen leaves (synset 112286734)
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 angiospermssubtypes:
- myrtle beech, nothofagus cuninghamii - large evergreen tree of Tasmania
- coigue, nothofagus dombeyi - Chilean evergreen whose leafy boughs are used for thatching
- new zealand beech - any of several tall New Zealand trees of the genus Nothofagus; some yield useful timber
- nothofagus obliqua, roble beech - tall deciduous South American tree
- nothofagus procera, rauli beech - large Chilean timber tree yielding coarse lumber
- black beech, nothofagus solanderi - New Zealand forest tree
- hard beech, nothofagus truncata - tall New Zealand tree yielding very hard wood
belongs to: genus nothofagus, nothofagus - beeches of temperate southern hemisphere except Africa: southern beechsame as: evergreen beech
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