birch, n.
(birches)
(birches)
a switch consisting of a twig or a bundle of twigs from a birch tree; used to hit people as punishment
<noun.artifact>
birch birch rod
sample sentences
"my father never spared the birch"
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any betulaceous tree or shrub of the genus Betula having a thin peeling bark
<noun.plant>
birch birch tree
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yellow birch, Betula alleghaniensis, Betula leutea
American white birch, paper birch, paperbark birch, canoe birch, Betula cordifolia, Betula papyrifera
grey birch, gray birch, American grey birch, American gray birch, Betula populifolia
silver birch, common birch, European white birch, Betula pendula
downy birch, white birch, Betula pubescens
black birch, river birch, red birch, Betula nigra
sweet birch, cherry birch, black birch, Betula lenta
Yukon white birch, Betula neoalaskana
swamp birch, water birch, mountain birch, Western paper birch, Western birch, Betula fontinalis
Newfoundland dwarf birch, American dwarf birch, Betula glandulosa
hard close-grained wood of any of various birch trees; used especially in furniture and interior finishes and plywood
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birch