beech snap

noun

The breakage in wind at a height of about 5 meters of the trunk of a mature beech tree (Fagus grandifolia) weakened by disease, such as beech bark disease.

Meanings

nounbeech snap (uncountable)
  1. uncountablebiologyThe breakage in wind at a height of about 5 meters of the trunk of a mature beech tree (Fagus grandifolia) weakened by disease, such as beech bark disease.
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