PURPLE BEECH

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does purple beech mean? 

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

1. variety of European beech with shining purple or copper-colored leaves

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• PURPLE BEECH (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Variety of European beech with shining purple or copper-colored leaves

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

copper beech; Fagus purpurea; Fagus sylvatica atropunicea; Fagus sylvatica purpurea; purple beech

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

Fagus; genus Fagus (beeches)