"beech" in the noun sense

1. 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

2. beech, beechwood

wood of any of various beech trees used for flooring and containers and plywood and tool handles

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