hard beech — noun tall New Zealand tree yielding very hard wood • Syn: ↑Nothofagus truncata • Hypernyms: ↑southern beech, ↑evergreen beech • Member Holonyms: ↑Nothofagus, ↑genus Nothofagus * * * … Useful english dictionary
hard beech — /ˈhad bitʃ/ (say hahd beech) noun → clinker beech …
beech — [bēch] adj. [ME beche < OE boece, bece: see BOOK] designating a family (Fagaceae, order Fagales) of dicotyledonous trees, including the oaks and chestnuts n. 1. any of a genus (Fagus) of trees of the beech family, with smooth, gray bark, hard… … English World dictionary
beech — ► NOUN ▪ a large tree with smooth grey bark and hard, pale wood. ORIGIN Old English … English terms dictionary
beech marten — Stone Stone, n. [OE. ston, stan, AS. st[=a]n; akin to OS. & OFries. st[=e]n, D. steen, G. stein, Icel. steinn, Sw. sten, Dan. steen, Goth. stains, Russ. stiena a wall, Gr. ?, ?, a pebble. [root]167. Cf. {Steen}.] 1. Concreted earthy or mineral… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
beech — noun a large tree with smooth grey bark, glossy leaves, and hard, pale, fine grained wood. [Fagus sylvaticus (Europe) and other species.] Origin OE bēce, of Gmc origin … English new terms dictionary
evergreen beech — noun any of various beeches of the southern hemisphere having small usually evergreen leaves • Syn: ↑southern beech • Hypernyms: ↑tree • Hyponyms: ↑myrtle beech, ↑Nothofagus cuninghamii, ↑Coigue, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
southern beech — noun any of various beeches of the southern hemisphere having small usually evergreen leaves • Syn: ↑evergreen beech • Hypernyms: ↑tree • Hyponyms: ↑myrtle beech, ↑Nothofagus cuninghamii, ↑Coigue, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
clinker beech — /klɪŋkə ˈbitʃ/ (say klingkuh beech) noun a New Zealand timber tree of lowland and montane forests, Nothofagus truncata. Also, hard beech …
American Beech — Taxobox name = American Beech status = secure image width = 240px image caption = Foliage, Fagus grandifolia regnum = Plantae divisio = Magnoliophyta classis = Magnoliopsida ordo = Fagales familia = Fagaceae genus = Fagus species = F. grandifolia … Wikipedia
