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nothofagus|nɒθəʊˈfeɪgəs|
[mod.L. (K. L. Blume Museum Botanicum Lugduno-Batavum (1850) I. 307). f. Gr. νόθος false + ϕηγός beech tree.]
An evergreen or deciduous tree of the genus so called, belonging to the family Fagaceæ and native to Australasia and South America; also called southern beech.
1914W. J. Bean Trees & Shrubs Hardy in Brit. Isles II. 100 Of the Nothofagus group of beeches, this [sc. N. Moorei] has the largest leaves of any cultivated out-of-doors in this country. 1956Handbk. Hardwoods (Forest Prod. Res. Lab.) 76 Nothofagus is the beech of the southern hemisphere. 1961Times 18 July 11/7 The dark and light greens of the nothofagus forest. 1974R. L. Fox Variations on Garden 138 Foresters are beginning to realize the merits of a cousin of the beech tree called nothofagus... These southern beeches grow wild in New Zealand and South America... Their leaves are small, like a small beech or hornbeam, and their autumn colouring is most remarkable: each leaf changes individually to its own shade of orange, red, brown or plain green. |