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FAGUS SYLVATICA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Large European beech with minutely-toothed leaves; widely planted as an ornamental in North America
Synonyms:
common beech; European beech; Fagus sylvatica
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Fagus sylvatica" 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 ("Fagus sylvatica" is a member of...):
Fagus; genus Fagus (beeches)