Beech vs. Beechen

Beech (Fagus) is a genus of deciduous trees in the family Fagaceae, native to temperate Europe, Asia and North America. Recent classifications recognize 10 to 13 species in two distinct subgenera, Engleriana and Fagus.

Consisting or made of the wood or bark of the beech.

Any of various deciduous trees of the genus Fagus having smooth gray bark, alternate simple leaves, and three-sided nuts enclosed in prickly burs, including F. sylvatica of Europe and its many cultivated forms, and F. grandifolia of eastern North America.

Consisting, or made, of the wood or bark of the beech; belonging to the beech.

The wood of any of these trees, used for flooring, containers, plywood, and tool handles.

consisting of or made of wood of the beech tree

See southern beech.

A tree of the genus Fagus having a smooth, light grey trunk, oval, pointed leaves, and many branches.

The wood of the beech tree.

A tree of the genus Fagus.

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

wood of any of various beech trees; used for flooring and containers and plywood and tool handles