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Definition of Copper beech
1. Noun. Variety of European beech with shining purple or copper-colored leaves.
Group relationships: Fagus, Genus Fagus
Generic synonyms: Beech, Beech Tree
Definition of Copper beech
1. Noun. A tall type of beech with smooth bark and reddish-brown to purple leaves. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Copper Beech
Literary usage of Copper beech
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Journal of Horticulture, Cottage Gardener and Country Gentlemen (1875)
"... have a circumference of 126 feet ; a copper beech girths at 3 feet from the
ground 15 feet 6 inches, with a circumference of branches of 207 feet ..."
2. Forest Entomology by Alexander Thomson Gillanders (1908)
"(From FV Theobald's ' Animal Peats of Forest Trees.') fir, Weymouth pine, &c.
It should also be noted that the " copper beech" is ..."
3. The Entomologist's Monthly Magazine by Nathaniel Lloyd and Company (1900)
"As soon as hatched they were carefully transferred with a soft brush to large
muslin sleeves on copper-beech or oak ; here they continued to feed, ..."
4. Trees & Shrubs for English Gardens by Ernest Thomas Cook (1908)
"The copper beech is seldom used for this purpose, but this is a mistake. We have
a fence of the copper beech, dividing the kitchen garden from the pleasure ..."
5. The Quantitative Method in Biology by Julius MacLeod (1919)
"When a copper beech is grown in deep shade its leaves are green ; the reaction
which produces the red colour is only possible under the influence of light.1 ..."
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