Plural form of beech; multiple beech trees, which are large hardwood trees with smooth gray bark and edible nuts.
From Old English 'bēce,' plural of beech. The tree name comes from Proto-Germanic, and cognates exist in German 'Buche' and Dutch 'beuk,' showing this is an ancient European tree name.
Beech trees are the 'memory keepers' of forests—people have carved initials into them for centuries, and some beech trees are over 400 years old, literally preserving human history in their bark.
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