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FAGUS AMERICANA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Fagus americana mean? 

FAGUS AMERICANA (noun)
  The noun FAGUS AMERICANA has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: FAGUS AMERICANA used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


FAGUS AMERICANA (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 ("Fagus americana" 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 ("Fagus americana" is a member of...):

Fagus; genus Fagus (beeches)


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