beechmast

• beech mast

From beech +‎ mast.

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈbiːtʃˌmɑːst/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈbit͡ʃˌmæst/

beechmast (uncountable)

1. The mast or nuts of the beech tree.
   • 1887, Edwin Lester Linden Arnold, Bird Life in England, page 182:

     Gilbert White writes, "I have consulted a sportsman who tells me that […] often there are amongst them little parties of small blue doves which he calls rockiers. The food of these numberless migrants was beechmast and some acorns."

• beech, beech nut, beech tree

bur, calybium, cupule