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Found 3 hits - Term: fagus sylvatica, Database: *, Strategy: prefix
[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
weeping beech \weeping beech\ n.
   a variety of european beech fagus pendula, fagus
   sylvatica pendula with pendulous limbs.
   wordnet 1.5
see also:
fagus pendula fagus sylvatica 
[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
beech \beech\, n.; pl. beeches. oe. beche, as. b?ce; akin to
   d. beuk, ohg. buocha, g. buche, icel. beyki, dan. b"og, sw.
   bok, russ. buk, l. fagus, gr. ? oak, ? to eat, skr. bhaksh;
   the tree being named originally from the esculent fruit. see
   book, and cf. 7th buck, buckwheat. bot.
   a tree of the genus fagus.
   1913 webster

   note: it grows to a large size, having a smooth bark and
         thick foliage, and bears an edible triangular nut, of
         which swine are fond. the fagus sylvatica is the
         european species, and the fagus ferruginea that of
         america.
         1913 webster

   beech drops bot., a parasitic plant which grows on the
      roots of beeches epiphegus americana.

   beech marten zool., the stone marten of europe mustela
      foina.

   beech mast, the nuts of the beech, esp. as they lie under
      the trees, in autumn.

   beech oil, oil expressed from the mast or nuts of the beech
      tree.

   cooper beech, a variety of the european beech with
      copper-colored, shining leaves.
      1913 webster
see also:
beeches book buck buckwheat fagus fagus sylvatica 
fagus ferruginea beech drops epiphegus americana beech marten mustela foina 
beech mast beech oil cooper beech 
[3] : WordNet (r) 2.0
fagus sylvatica
     n : large european beech with minutely-toothed leaves; widely
         planted as an ornamental in north america syn: common
         beech, european beech
see also:
common beech european beech 

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