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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 nuts
Familiarity information: FAGUS AMERICANA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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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