Southern Beech Definition

noun

Any of various evergreen or deciduous trees of the genus Nothofagus of South America and Australasia, having alternate leaves and small nut-bearing fruits.

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Synonyms:

Synonyms:
evergreen beech

Other Word Forms of Southern Beech

Noun

Singular:

southern beech

Plural:

southern beeches

Origin of Southern Beech

From the fact that native ranges of the trees are confined to the Southern Hemisphere or perhaps translation of New Latin Nothofāgus genus name (from Greek nothos bastard, false) (Latin fāgus beech) taken as if from Greek notos south wind, south Latin fāgus

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition