European beech

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noun

a beech, Fagus sylvatica, of Europe, cultivated in North America in many ornamental varieties.

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QUIZ YOURSELF ON "WAS" VS. "WERE"!

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“Was” is used for the indicative past tense of “to be,” and “were” is only used for the subjunctive past tense.

Origin of European beech

An Americanism dating back to 1860–65

There are reasons that European countries tend to avoid fluoride.
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We do see that a few European countries have them on the books: Germany, Poland, Italy, Ireland, a couple more.
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In front of this strange structure are two blank-faced, well-dressed models showing off the latest in European minimalism.
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But outside of a few European countries and Quebec, this leave is usually two weeks or less and usually unpaid.
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Those who served abroad were treated with suspicion that they had been infected by European diplomacy.
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We can readily see how this might have been, from numerous experiments made with both American and European varieties.
Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce|E. R. Billings.
European tobacco is lacking in flavor and is less powerful than the tobacco of America.
Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce|E. R. Billings.
These shipments in the past have been financed through credits drawn on European centers.
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The flower stems on the American varieties are much longer than those of European tobaccos and also larger.
Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce|E. R. Billings.
Hence it was that he found in Great Britain an implacable enemy ever stirring up against him European coalitions.
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