A family of trees and shrubs that includes beeches, oaks, and chestnuts, characterized by their catkin flowers and acorn-like fruits.
From Latin 'fagus' (beech tree) + the scientific suffix '-aceae' (denoting a plant family). The Latin root may derive from an ancient Indo-European language.
Fagaceae trees are some of the most dominant forest trees in the Northern Hemisphere, and they're incredibly important to wildlife—a single old oak can support thousands of insect species that feed birds and other animals.
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