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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024beech /bitʃ/USA pronunciation n. - Plant Biology[countable] a tree having a smooth gray bark and small, triangular nuts.
- Plant Biology[uncountable] the wood of such a tree.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024beech (bēch),USA pronunciation n. - Plant Biologyany tree of the genus Fagus, of temperate regions, having a smooth gray bark and bearing small, edible, triangular nuts.
- Plant BiologyAlso called beechwood. the wood of such a tree.
- Plant Biologyany member of the plant family Fagaceae, characterized by trees and shrubs having alternate, usually toothed or lobed leaves, male flowers in catkins and female flowers either solitary or in clusters and bearing a nut enclosed in a cupule or bur, including the beeches, chestnuts, and oaks.
- Gmc *bōkjōn-; akin to Old Saxon, Middle Low German boke, Dutch beuk, Old High German buohha (German Buche), Old Norse bōk, Latin fāgus beech, Doric Greek phāgós, Albanian bung oak (apparently not akin to book)
- Middle English beche, Old English bēce bef. 900
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