beech /ˈbiʧ/
 山毛櫸,其木材
 Beech n.; pl. Beeches   Bot. A tree of the genus Fagus.
 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.
 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.
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 beech
      n 1: 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 [syn: beech tree]
      2: wood of any of various beech trees; used for flooring and
         containers and plywood and tool handles [syn: beechwood]