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European beech

American  
[yoor-uh-pee-uhn beech, yur-] / ˈyʊər əˌpi ən ˈbitʃ, ˈyɜr- /

noun

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


Etymology

Origin of European beech

An Americanism dating back to 1860–65

Example Sentences

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The scientists used a unique empirical dataset, taking data from 40 plots of mature European beech forests across the state of Lower Saxony in Germany.

From Science Daily • Nov. 14, 2024

The research team combined data from 11 projects, each of which analysed many different research aspects of European beech forests enriched with conifers.

From Science Daily • Nov. 14, 2024

Forest Service researchers announced they had found an undescribed beetle on stressed European beech trees in a New York City cemetery.

From Science Magazine • Nov. 14, 2019

Others were turned upside down and set alongside weeping European beech trees to create the "enchanted forest."

From Chicago Tribune • Dec. 13, 2014

The cut-leaf beech is an European beech, and I have seen the tree in Southern Michigan and at the Old Soldiers' Home at Dayton, Ohio, loaded with nuts.

From Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the 41st Annual Meeting Pleasant Valley, New York, August 28, 29 and 30, 1950 by Northern Nut Growers Association