Meanings
nounbeechmast (uncountable)
alternative beech mast
- uncountableThe mast or nuts of the beech tree.
Gilbert White writes, "I have consulted a sportsman who tells me that […] often there are amongst them little parties of small blue doves which he calls rockiers. The food of these numberless migrants was beechmast and some acorns."
1887, Edwin Lester Linden Arnold, Bird Life in England, page 182
Origin
Translations
Hungarian bükkmakk
- bükkmakkTranslations
Polish orzeszek bukowy, orzeszek buczynowy
- orzeszek bukowyTranslations
- orzeszek buczynowyTranslations
- bukiewTranslations
- buczynaTranslations
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APA
beechmast. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/beechmast
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“beechmast.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/beechmast. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “beechmast,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/beechmast.
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