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noun

(1) 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

(2) Wood of any of various beech trees; used for flooring and containers and plywood and tool handles

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Etymology

Old English bēċe, from Germanic *bōkjōn, a derivative of *bōkō, from Indo-European *bhagos. Cognate with Dutch beuk, German Buche, Swedish bok; and with Greek φηγός ‘oak’, Latin fagus ‘beech’, Russian бузина ‘elder (tree)’. Compare buckwheat, book.

Noun

A tree of the genus Fagus having a smooth, light grey trunk, oval, pointed leaves and many branches.