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NEW ZEALAND BEECH
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Any of several tall New Zealand trees of the genus Nothofagus; some yield useful timber
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("New Zealand beech" is a kind of...):
evergreen beech; southern beech (any of various beeches of the southern hemisphere having small usually evergreen leaves)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "New Zealand beech"):
Nothofagus menziesii; silver beech (New Zealand beech with usually pale silvery bark)
Holonyms ("New Zealand beech" is a member of...):
genus Nothofagus; Nothofagus (beeches of temperate southern hemisphere except Africa: southern beech)
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