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EUROPEAN BEECH
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Dictionary entry overview: What does European beech mean?
• EUROPEAN BEECH (noun)
The noun EUROPEAN BEECH has 1 sense:
1. large European beech with minutely-toothed leaves; widely planted as an ornamental in North America
Familiarity information: EUROPEAN BEECH used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
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 ("European 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 ("European beech" is a member of...):
Fagus; genus Fagus (beeches)
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