1. (noun) 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

• beech tree

2. (noun) wood of any of various beech trees; used for flooring and containers and plywood and tool handles

• beechwood

1. (noun) 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

• american beech
• fagus americana
• fagus grandifolia
• red beech
• white beech
• common beech
• european beech
• fagus sylvatica
• copper beech
• fagus purpurea
• fagus sylvatica atropunicea
• fagus sylvatica purpurea
• purple beech
• fagus pendula
• fagus sylvatica pendula
• weeping beech
• japanese beech

1. (noun) 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

• fagus
• genus fagus

1. (noun) 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

• tree

2. (noun) wood of any of various beech trees; used for flooring and containers and plywood and tool handles

• wood