purple beech

American  

noun

1. copper beech.

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Etymology

Origin of purple beech

First recorded in 1865–70

Example Sentences

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

Others have been found untrue to a relatively high degree, as is notorious in the case of the purple beech.

From Species and Varieties, Their Origin by Mutation by Vries, Hugo de

The purple beech is now exceedingly common in cultivation.

From Species and Varieties, Their Origin by Mutation by Vries, Hugo de

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