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birch

DEFINITIONS OF: birch

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n any betulaceous tree or shrub of the genus Betula having a thin peeling bark

Synonyms:
birch tree
Types:
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Betula alleghaniensis, Betula leutea, yellow birch
tree of eastern North America with thin lustrous yellow or grey bark
American white birch, Betula cordifolia, Betula papyrifera, canoe birch, paper birch, paperbark birch
small American birch with peeling white bark often worked into e.g. baskets or toy canoes
American gray birch, American grey birch, Betula populifolia, gray birch, grey birch
medium-sized birch of eastern North America having white or pale grey bark and valueless wood; occurs often as a second-growth forest tree
Betula pendula, European white birch, common birch, silver birch
European birch with silvery white peeling bark and markedly drooping branches
Betula pubescens, downy birch, white birch
European birch with dull white to pale brown bark and somewhat drooping hairy branches
Betula nigra, black birch, red birch, river birch
birch of swamps and river bottoms throughout the eastern United States having reddish-brown bark
Betula lenta, black birch, cherry birch, sweet birch
common birch of the eastern United States having spicy brown bark yielding a volatile oil and hard dark wood used for furniture
Betula neoalaskana, Yukon white birch
Alaskan birch with white to pale brown bark
Betula fontinalis, Western birch, Western paper birch, mountain birch, swamp birch, water birch
birch of western United States resembling the paper birch but having brownish bark
American dwarf birch, Betula glandulosa, Newfoundland dwarf birch
small shrub of colder parts of North America and Greenland
Type of:
tree
a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms

n hard close-grained wood of any of various birch trees; used especially in furniture and interior finishes and plywood

Type of:
wood
the hard fibrous lignified substance under the bark of trees

n a switch consisting of a twig or a bundle of twigs from a birch tree; used to hit people as punishment

“my father never spared the birch”
Synonyms:
birch rod
Type of:
switch
a flexible implement used as an instrument of punishment

v whip with a birch twig

Type of:
flog, lash, lather, slash, strap, trounce, welt, whip
beat severely with a whip or rod

adj consisting of or made of wood of the birch tree

Synonyms:
birchen, birken
woody
made of or containing or resembling wood
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