WordNet
n. North American forest tree with light green leaves and edible nuts [syn: American beech, white beech, Fagus grandifolia, Fagus americana]
large tree of Australasia [syn: brown oak, booyong, crow's foot, stave wood, silky elm, Heritiera trifoliolata, Terrietia trifoliolata]
Wikipedia
Red beech is a common name applied to several species of trees:
- Dillenia alata, from Northern Australia and New Guinea
- Fuscospora fusca, from New Zealand
- Protorhus longifolia, from South Africa
Usage examples of "red beech".
The only colour came from the last red beech leaves and the blond grasses edging the road.
From the cardinals and robins, from the red beech and holly trees, he knew he must still be in the Quadling Country and when he saw a small red cottage in a clearing just ahead, he was sure of it.
Below him, dizzyingly precipitate, the old terrace gardens dropped away, a densely shadowed tangle of treetops, palms, cedars, chestnuts, judas trees, red beech, and eucalyptus, intertwined with climbing plants, lianas, wisterias.