beech tree

/ˈbiːtʃ ˌtɹiː/

noun

A tree of the genus Fagus, having a smooth, light grey trunk, oval, pointed leaves and many branches.

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Meanings

nounbeech tree (plural beech trees)

plural beech trees

  1. A tree of the genus Fagus, having a smooth, light grey trunk, oval, pointed leaves and many branches.

    About three miles away a failed wizard was hanging by his hands from a high branch in a beech tree.

    1983, Terry Pratchett, The Colour of Magic, published 2022, page 107

    Synonyms: beech

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA tree of the genus Fagus, having a smooth, light grey trunk, oval, pointed leaves and many branches.

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More synonyms by meaning

nounany 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

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beech

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

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APA

beech tree. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/beech%20tree

MLA

“beech tree.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/beech%20tree. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “beech tree,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/beech%20tree.

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