myrtle beech

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   large evergreen tree of Tasmania

   SynonymsNothofagus cuninghamii

   Broadersouthern beech

Questions about myrtle beech

What does myrtle beech mean?

myrtle beech means "large evergreen tree of Tasmania".

What is another word for myrtle beech?

Close synonyms include Nothofagus cuninghamii. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is myrtle beech a common word?

myrtle beech is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.