purple beech
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of purple beech
First recorded in 1865–70
Example Sentences
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There are trees and trees at Oak Knoll,—smooth and shapely hickories, glistering chestnuts with cool foliage, maples, birches, and the purple beech.
From John Greenleaf Whittier His Life, Genius, and Writings by Kennedy, W. Sloane
Take the following:— Like a purple beech among the greens Looks out of place.
From The Early Poems of Alfred Lord Tennyson by Collins, John Churton
The purple beech, weeping beech, and fern-leaf beech are well-known horticultural forms.
From Handbook of the Trees of New England by Dame, Lorin Low
Well then," said Laddie, "straight before you will be a purple beech, and under it is the throne of the Princess, the Magic Carpet, and the walls I made.
From Laddie; a true blue story by Stratton-Porter, Gene
It might have been some comfort to him to know that in the remote spot of his own choosing, a stone bench under a purple beech, Eddie was simply going from bad to worse.
From The Beauty and the Bolshevist by Miller, Alice Duer
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