1. North American forest tree with light green leaves and edible nuts
   "Squirrels gathered nuts beneath the red beech";
   - American beech, white beech, Fagus grandifolia, Fagus americana
    
2. Large tree of Australasia
   "The red beech provided valuable timber for local craftsmen";
   - brown oak, booyong, crow's foot, stave wood, silky elm, Heritiera trifoliolata, Terrietia trifoliolata

Derived forms: red beeches

Type of: angiospermous tree, beech, beech tree, flowering tree

Part of: Fagus, genus Fagus

Encyclopedia: Red beech