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noun
A tree of the genus Fagus, having a smooth, light grey trunk, oval, pointed leaves and many branches.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
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
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: beech
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: tree
Narrower terms: common beech, European beech, Fagus sylvatica, copper beech, purple beech, Fagus sylvatica atropunicea, Fagus purpurea, Fagus sylvatica purpurea, American beech, white beech, red beech, Fagus grandifolia, Fagus americana, weeping beech, Fagus pendula, Fagus sylvatica pendula, Japanese beech
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