NEW ZEALAND BEECH

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does New Zealand beech mean? 

• NEW ZEALAND BEECH (noun)
  The noun NEW ZEALAND BEECH has 1 sense:

1. any of several tall New Zealand trees of the genus Nothofagus; some yield useful timber

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• NEW ZEALAND BEECH (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Any of several tall New Zealand trees of the genus Nothofagus; some yield useful timber

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("New Zealand beech" is a kind of...):

evergreen beech; southern beech (any of various beeches of the southern hemisphere having small usually evergreen leaves)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "New Zealand beech"):

Nothofagus menziesii; silver beech (New Zealand beech with usually pale silvery bark)

Holonyms ("New Zealand beech" is a member of...):

genus Nothofagus; Nothofagus (beeches of temperate southern hemisphere except Africa: southern beech)