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RED BEECH
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Large tree of Australasia
Synonyms:
booyong; brown oak; crow's foot; Heritiera trifoliolata; red beech; silky elm; stave wood; Terrietia trifoliolata
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("red beech" is a kind of...):
angiospermous tree; flowering tree (any tree having seeds and ovules contained in the ovary)
Sense 2
Meaning:
North American forest tree with light green leaves and edible nuts
Synonyms:
American beech; Fagus americana; Fagus grandifolia; red beech; white beech
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Hypernyms ("red beech" 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 ("red beech" is a member of...):
Fagus; genus Fagus (beeches)
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