(亦作 beech tree)a large tree with smooth grey bark, glossy leaves, and hard, pale, fine-grained timber 山毛榉
Genera Fagus (of the northern temperate zone) and Notofagus (the southern beeches, of Australasia and South America), family Fagaceae: many species, in particular the common European beech (F. sylvaticus) 包括北山毛榉属(生长于北温带)和南山毛榉属(即南方山毛榉,生长于澳大拉西亚和南美洲),山毛榉科: 多种,尤指常见的欧洲山毛榉(拉丁名F. sylvaticus)
语源
Old English bēce, of Germanic origin; related to Latin fagus 'beech', Greek phagos 'edible oak'