AMERICAN BEECH

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does American beech mean? 

• AMERICAN BEECH (noun)
  The noun AMERICAN BEECH has 1 sense:

1. North American forest tree with light green leaves and edible nuts

  Familiarity information: AMERICAN BEECH used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• AMERICAN BEECH (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

North American forest tree with light green leaves and edible nuts

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

American beech; Fagus americana; Fagus grandifolia; red beech; white beech

Hypernyms ("American beech" is a kind of...):

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)

Holonyms ("American beech" is a member of...):

Fagus; genus Fagus (beeches)