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Definition of Fagus sylvatica

Fagus sylvatica
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. 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 F. ferruginea that of America. Beech drops (Bot.), a parasitic plant which grows on the roots of beeches (Epiphegus Americana). Beech marten (Zo["o]l.), 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.

Meaning of Fagus sylvatica from wikipedia

- ****us sylvatica, the European beech or common beech is a large, graceful deciduous tree in the beech family with smooth silvery-gray bark, large leaf...
- better known ****us subgenus beeches are high-branching with tall, stout trunks and smooth silver-grey bark. The European beech (****us sylvatica) is the most...
- beech (****us sylvatica) in having flattened, slightly leaf-like appendages at the base (which are slender, soft spines in European beech). ****us orientalis...
- The weeping beech, ****us sylvatica 'Pendula', is a cultivar of the deciduous European beech. The original tree was found in the grounds of an English...
- A Fau de Verzy is either a Dwarf Beech (****us sylvatica variety tortuosa), a dwarf oak tree, or a dwarf chestnut tree. These grow in the forest of Verzy...
- Nyssa sylvatica, commonly known as tupelo, black tupelo, blackgum or sour gum, is a medium-sized deciduous tree native to eastern North America from the...
- The dwarf beech, ****us sylvatica Tortuosa Group, is a rare cultivar group of the European Beech with fewer than 1500 older specimens in Europe. It is...
- north-facing valley slopes, forming mixed mesic forests with the common beech ****us sylvatica. "Betula celtiberica Rothm. & Vasc". Plants of the World Online. Royal...
- abies) started to emigrate from the north, and the European beech (****us sylvatica) emigrated from the south of Europe. Though, as a primary result of...
- European beech (****us sylvatica) bud...