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Definition of: beech
(bēch) noun
1. Any of a family of trees of temperate regions with smooth, ash-gray bark, and bearing an edible nut; especially, the widely cultivated European beech (Fagus sylvatica) and the American beech (F. grandifolia).
2. One of various trees similar to the beech: the blue beech (Carpinus caroliniana).
3. The wood of this tree. ◆ Homophone: beach. [OE bēce]
—beech′en adjective
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