beech

name

1. A village and civil parish west of Alton, East Hampshire district, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SU6938).
2. An unincorporated community in Warren County, Iowa, United States.
3. An unincorporated community in Calhoun County, West Virginia, United States.
4. A surname.

noun

Etymology: From Middle English beche, from Old English bēċe, from Proto-West Germanic *bōkijā (“beech”). Doublet of buky. Related to English book.

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

   “A beech wood with silver firs in it rolled down the face of the hill, and the maze of leafless twigs and dusky spires cut sharp against the soft blueness of the evening sky.”

2. The wood of the beech tree.