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WHITE BEECH
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
North American forest tree with light green leaves and edible nuts
Synonyms:
American beech; Fagus americana; Fagus grandifolia; red beech; white beech
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("white beech" is a kind of...):
beech; beech tree (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)
Holonyms ("white beech" is a member of...):
Fagus; genus Fagus (beeches)