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purple beech

DEFINITIONS OF: purple beech

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n variety of European beech with shining purple or copper-colored leaves

Synonyms:
Fagus purpurea, Fagus sylvatica atropunicea, Fagus sylvatica purpurea, copper beech
Type of:
beech, 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
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