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Definition of Fagus purpurea
1. Noun. Variety of European beech with shining purple or copper-colored leaves.
Group relationships: Fagus, Genus Fagus
Generic synonyms: Beech, Beech Tree
Lexicographical Neighbors of Fagus Purpurea
Literary usage of Fagus purpurea
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Magazine of Horticulture, Botany, and All Useful Discoveries and by C M Hovey (1855)
"The PURPLE BEECH, (fagus purpurea.)—This is too well known to need description ;
hence we merely enumerate it, to show the number of dark-leaved trees. ..."
2. The American Home Garden: Being Principles and Rules for the Culture of by Alexander Watson (1859)
"BEECH, Copper-colored or Purple, fagus purpurea ; Red, Fagus ferruginea ; Common,
Fagus sylvatica. The two latter are common in our woods, and are clean and ..."
3. The American Home Garden: Being Principles and Rules for the Culture of by Alexander Watson (1859)
"BEECH, Copper-colored or Purple, fagus purpurea ; Red, Fagus ferruginea ; Common,
Fagus sylvatica. The two latter are common in our woods, and are clean and ..."
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