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Beech vs Tanoak - What's the difference?

beech | tanoak |

As nouns the difference between beech and tanoak

is that beech is a tree of the genus fagus having a smooth, light grey trunk, oval, pointed leaves and many branches while tanoak is (taxlink), an evergreen tree of the beech family, native to the western united states, whose seeds resemble the acorns of an oak.

beech

English

(wikipedia beech) (Fagus)

Noun

(es)
  • A tree of the genus Fagus having a smooth, light grey trunk, oval, pointed leaves and many branches.
  • * {{quote-book, year=1907, author=
  • , title=The Dust of Conflict , chapter=1 citation , passage=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.}}
  • The wood of the beech tree.
  • Synonyms

    * beech tree

    Derived terms

    * *

    tanoak

    English

    (wikipedia tanoak)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (taxlink), an evergreen tree of the beech family, native to the western United States, whose seeds resemble the acorns of an oak.