copper beech
a cultivar of the European beech, Fagus sylvatica purpurea, having purplish or copper-red leaves.
Origin of copper beech
1- Also called purple beech.
Words Nearby copper beech
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How to use copper beech in a sentence
A faint breeze stirred the young leaves of the copper-beech, which is a silent tree by nature, and did not so much as whisper now.
The Isle of Unrest | Henry Seton MerrimanThe copper beech, the high privet hedge and the willows beyond it, shut out both light and air.
Gray youth | Oliver OnionsShe made a charming picture as she walked slowly the length of the privet hedge and then turned towards the copper beech again.
Gray youth | Oliver OnionsThere was a smothered laugh; and when the light flared up again, the aigrette in her copper-beech hair was all askew.
The Voice in the Fog | Harold MacGrathLeslie was sprawled on a camp-chair, under a copper beech on the lawn, his cigar glowing.
The White Peacock | D. H. (David Herbert) Lawrence
British Dictionary definitions for copper beech
a cultivated variety of European beech that has dark purple leaves
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