- Beech tree
- Beech tree \Beech" tree`\ The beech. [1913 Webster]
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Beech tree
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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 • Syn: ↑beech • Hypernyms: ↑tree • Hyponyms: ↑common beech, ↑European… … Useful english dictionary
beech-tree — ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun Etymology: Middle English bech tre, from beche beech + tre tree : beech 1 … Useful english dictionary
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} … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Beech drops — 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… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Beech marten — 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… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Beech mast — 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… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Beech oil — 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… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
beech — [ bitʃ ] noun beech or beech tree count a large tree with smooth gray BARK and small nuts a. uncount the wood of a beech tree … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
beech — (n.) O.E. bece beech, from P.Gmc. *bokjon (Cf. O.N. bok, Du. beuk, Flem. boek, O.H.G. buohha, Ger. Buche, M.Du. boeke beech ), from PIE root *bhagos beech tree (Cf. Gk. phegos oak, L … Etymology dictionary
beech|nut — «BEECH NUHT», noun. the small, triangular nut of the beech tree. Beechnuts are good to eat … Useful english dictionary
