Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A genus of trees, of the natural order Cupuliferæ, differing from the oak and chestnut in having the staminate flowers in small heads, and two triangular nuts in the prickly involucre or bur.
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- noun beeches
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Examples
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Glint and gleam of fagus gold adown the torrents track.
Hamilton 1918
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It is a great tree, a beech [fagus], from which comes the may [unde venit mayum, gallice _le beau may_].
The Witch-cult in Western Europe A Study in Anthropology Margaret Alice Murray 1913
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We find Lilburne latinized as de insula tontis, as though it were the impossible hybrid de l'isle burn, and Beautoy sometimes as de bella fide, whereas foy is the Old French for beech, from Lat. fagus.
The Romance of Names Ernest Weekley 1909
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The modern French for beech is hêtre, Du. heester, but Lat. fagus has given a great many dialect forms which have supplied us with the surnames Fay, Foy, and the plural dim.
The Romance of Names Ernest Weekley 1909
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There is, perhaps, some uncertainty as to the exact import of the word _fagus_.
The History of Roman Literature From the earliest period to the death of Marcus Aurelius Charles Thomas Cruttwell 1879
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England was anciently remarkable for its forests, but Caesar says it wanted the fagus and the abies.
Earth as Modified by Human Action, The~ Chapter 03 (historical) 1874
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There can be no doubt that fagus means the beech, which, as the remains in the Danish peat-mosses show, is a tree of late introduction into Denmark, where it succeeded the fir, a tree not now native to that country.
Earth as Modified by Human Action, The~ Chapter 03 (historical) 1874
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England was anciently remarkable for its forests, but Caesar says it wanted the fagus and the abies.
The Earth as Modified by Human Action George P. Marsh 1841
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There can be no doubt that fagus means the beech, which, as the remains in the Danish peat-mosses show, is a tree of late introduction into Denmark, where it succeeded the fir, a tree not now native to that country.
The Earth as Modified by Human Action George P. Marsh 1841
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The barangan (a species of fagus) resembles the chestnut.
The History of Sumatra Containing An Account Of The Government, Laws, Customs And Manners Of The Native Inhabitants William Marsden 1795
bilby commented on the word fagus
In Tasmania, the deciduous native beech. The term is still very much in use; in the last week two friends have mentioned to me the fagus turning (changing colour in autumn).
May 19, 2014