Beech tree

/bˈiːtʃ tɹˈiː/

Beech tree

any of several large deciduous trees with rounded spreading crowns and smooth grey bark and small sweet edible triangular nuts enclosed in burs; north temperate regions

synonyms : beech

Examples

1. Beech trees burn pretty easily.

2. For example, thanks to pollen in cores of sediment that were collected from a lake in Indiana, we know that beech trees became way less abundant in the Great Lakes region of the U.S. starting about 8,000 years ago.

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