COMMON BEECH

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does common beech mean? 

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

1. large European beech with minutely-toothed leaves; widely planted as an ornamental in North America

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• COMMON BEECH (noun)

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Meaning:

Large European beech with minutely-toothed leaves; widely planted as an ornamental in North America

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

common beech; European beech; Fagus sylvatica

Hypernyms ("common 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 ("common beech" is a member of...):

Fagus; genus Fagus (beeches)