beech
See also: Beech
English
European beech (Fagus sylvatica) forest in spring. Hessen, Germany.
Wikispecies
Etymology
From Middle English beche, from Old English bēċe, from Proto-West Germanic *bōkijā (“beech”). Doublet of buky.
Pronunciation
- enPR: bēch, IPA(key): /biːt͡ʃ/
Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -iːtʃ
- Homophone: beach
Noun
beech (plural beeches)
- A tree of the genus Fagus having a smooth, light grey trunk, oval, pointed leaves, and many branches.
- 1907, Harold Edward Bindloss, chapter 1, in The Dust of Conflict:
- A beech wood with silver firs in it rolled down the face of the hill, and the maze of leafless twigs and dusky spires cut sharp against the soft blueness of the evening sky.
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- The wood of the beech tree.
Synonyms
- (tree): beech tree
- (wood): beechwood
Derived terms
- American beech
- Antarctic beech
- beech-de-mer
- Beech Forest
- Beech Grove
- beech marten
- beech mast
- beech nut
- beech oil
- beech snap
- blue beech
- Carshalton Beeches
- common beech
- copper beech
- Dombey's beech
- dwarf beech
- European beech
- lenga beech
- Magellan's beech
- Mexican beech
- parasol beech
- southern beech
- twisted beech
- white beech
Translations
tree of genus Fagus
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