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beech 音標拼音: [b'itʃ] n. 山毛櫸,其木材 山毛櫸,其木材 beech n 1: 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 [ synonym: { beech}, { beech tree}] 2: wood of any of various beech trees; used for flooring and containers and plywood and tool handles [ synonym: { beech}, { beechwood}] Beech \ Beech\, n.; pl. { Beeches}. [ OE. beche, AS. b? ce; akin to D. beuk, OHG. buocha, G. buche, Icel. beyki, Dan. b[" o] g, Sw. bok, Russ. buk, L. fagus, Gr. ? oak, ? to eat, Skr. bhaksh; the tree being named originally from the esculent fruit. See { Book}, and cf. 7th { Buck}, { Buckwheat}.] ( Bot.) A tree of the genus { Fagus}. [ 1913 Webster] Note: It grows to a large size, having a smooth bark and thick foliage, and bears an edible triangular nut, of which swine are fond. The { Fagus sylvatica} is the European species, and the { Fagus ferruginea} that of America. [ 1913 Webster] { Beech drops} ( Bot.), a parasitic plant which grows on the roots of beeches ({ Epiphegus Americana}). { Beech marten} ( Zool.), the stone marten of Europe ({ Mustela foina}). { Beech mast}, the nuts of the beech, esp. as they lie under the trees, in autumn. { Beech oil}, oil expressed from the mast or nuts of the beech tree. { Cooper beech}, a variety of the European beech with copper- colored, shining leaves. [ 1913 Webster]
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