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  • noun Plural form of beech.

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Examples

  • The beeches are our playrooms, the elms our outlook towers;

    Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 152, February 7, 1917 Various

  • The beeches are the _Fagus Betuloides_ and _Fagus Antarchia_.

    The Land of Fire A Tale of Adventure Mayne Reid 1850

  • The great trees, such as beeches, elms, oaks and cedars, could coil and curve their branches without the thought of being cut down for a sidewalk, or trimmed until they were frivolous nothings.

    Child and Country A Book of the Younger Generation Will Levington Comfort 1905

  • Mature oaks and elms and beeches towered among winding paths and trim green lawns.

    GuildWars Edge of Destiny J. Robert King 2011

  • Mature oaks and elms and beeches towered among winding paths and trim green lawns.

    GuildWars Edge of Destiny J. Robert King 2011

  • Mature oaks and elms and beeches towered among winding paths and trim green lawns.

    GuildWars Edge of Destiny J. Robert King 2011

  • Tall trees lined the streets, old oaks and graceful beeches, their leaves rustling in the breeze.

    Brush of Darkness Allison Pang 2011

  • Glass walls flank an informal dining nook off the kitchen that looks out onto an ipe wood deck and a garden dotted with Japanese maples and columnar beeches.

    Two Duplexes Merged Into One 2012

  • “The reds from maples, oranges from sugar maples, yellows from birches, purple from beeches, all mixed in with the dark green of conifers like pine and hemlock.

    Beautiful Fall Foliage Drives Joe Yogerst 2010

  • “The reds from maples, oranges from sugar maples, yellows from birches, purple from beeches, all mixed in with the dark green of conifers like pine and hemlock.

    Beautiful Fall Foliage Drives Joe Yogerst 2010

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