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Fagus sylvatica

Fagus sylvatica

9.9
A large European tree often planted in parks with smooth gray bark and leaves with small teeth
  • noun
  • Specialized
translation icon : haya común
  • The distinctive smooth gray bark helps identify Fagus sylvatica among native species.

Examples

  • Many parks in North America feature Fagus sylvatica as a decorative shade tree.

  • The Fagus sylvatica in her garden is over a hundred years old.

  • Look at that Fagus sylvatica!

  • The Fagus sylvatica tree is stunning.

  • Many parks in North America feature Fagus sylvatica as a decorative shade tree.

  • The distinctive smooth gray bark helps identify Fagus sylvatica among native species.

  • The Fagus sylvatica in her garden is over a hundred years old.

Synonyms

common beech
vsFagus sylvatica
4.2

A large European tree with smooth grey bark and bright autumn leaves that people plant for shade in parks

is the technical scientific name for the same tree
European beech
vsFagus sylvatica
6.1

A large tree that loses its leaves in winter with smooth gray bark and small toothed leaves

focuses on leaf tooth detail rather than bark appearance

Surface Forms

Fagus sylvatica singular
Fagus sylvaticae plural

Morphology

Fagus + sylvatica

The name is the standard Latin binomial: genus 'Fagus' (beeches) + species epithet 'sylvatica' (from Latin sylvaticus, 'of the woods'), so a learner who knows both constituents can infer it denotes a woodland beech. Binomial scientific names are compositional and consistent across languages, making this meaning predictable from the parts (though the second element is Latin and may be unknown to many learners).

Etymology

Fagus sylvatica comes from Latin words. Fagus meant 'beech' and sylvatica meant 'of the woods', so the name means 'beech of the woods' and is used for the beech tree that grows in forests and parks.