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Noun: red beech
  1. North American forest tree with light green leaves and edible nuts
    - American beech, white beech, Fagus grandifolia, Fagus americana
     
  2. Large tree of Australasia
    - brown oak, booyong, crow's foot, stave wood, silky elm, Heritiera trifoliolata, Terrietia trifoliolata

Derived forms: red beeches

Type of: angiospermous tree, beech, beech tree, flowering tree

Part of: Fagus, genus Fagus

Encyclopedia: Red beech