Noun: beech family beech'fa-mu-lee
- Chiefly monoecious trees and shrubs: beeches, chestnuts, oaks; genera Castanea, Castanopsis, Chrysolepis, Fagus, Lithocarpus, Nothofagus, Quercus
"Many important timber species belong to the beech family";
- Fagaceae, family Fagaceae
Derived forms: beech families
Type of: hamamelid dicot family
Part of: Fagales, order Fagales
Encyclopedia: Beech family