birch
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paper birch
Betula papyrifera
birch
(bûrch)n.
1.
a. Any of various deciduous trees or shrubs of the genus Betula, native to the Northern Hemisphere and having unisexual flowers in catkins, alternate, simple, toothed leaves, and bark that often peels in thin papery layers.
b. The hard, close-grained wood of any of these trees, used especially in furniture, interior finishes, and plywood.
2. A rod from a birch, used to administer a whipping.
tr.v. birched, birch·ing, birch·es
To whip with or as if with a birch.
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birch
(bɜːtʃ)n
1. (Plants) any betulaceous tree or shrub of the genus Betula, having thin peeling bark. See also silver birch
2. (Plants) the hard close-grained wood of any of these trees
3. the birch a bundle of birch twigs or a birch rod used, esp formerly, for flogging offenders
adj
4. (Plants) of, relating to, or belonging to the birch
5. (Plants) consisting or made of birch
vb
(tr) to flog with a birch
[Old English bierce; related to Old High German birihha, Sanskrit bhūrja]
ˈbirchen adj
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birch
(bɜrtʃ)n.
1. any tree or shrub of the genus Betula, comprising species with a smooth, laminated outer bark and close-grained wood.
2. the wood itself.
3. a birch rod, or a bundle of birch twigs, used for whipping.
adj. 4. Also, birch′en. of or made of birch.
v.t. 5. to beat with or as if with a birch.
[before 900; Middle English birche, Old English birce]
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birch
Past participle: birched
Gerund: birching
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| Noun | 1. |  birch - hard close-grained wood of any of various birch trees; used especially in furniture and interior finishes and plywoodbirch tree, birch - any betulaceous tree or shrub of the genus Betula having a thin peeling bark wood - the hard fibrous lignified substance under the bark of trees |
| 2. |  birch - any betulaceous tree or shrub of the genus Betula having a thin peeling barkBetula, genus Betula - a genus of trees of the family Betulaceae (such as birches) birch - hard close-grained wood of any of various birch trees; used especially in furniture and interior finishes and plywood 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, common birch, European white 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, red birch, river birch, black 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, mountain birch, swamp birch, water birch, Western birch, Western paper 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 tree - a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms | |
| 3. |  birch - 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"switch - a flexible implement used as an instrument of punishment | |
| Verb | 1. |  birch - whip with a birch twig |
| Adj. | 1. |  birch - consisting of or made of wood of the birch treewoody - made of or containing or resembling wood; "woody plants"; "perennial herbs with woody stems"; "a woody taste" |
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Translations
خَشَبُ شَجَر البَتولاشَجَر البتولاشَجَرَةُ البَتُولا
бреза
břízabřezový
birkbirketræbirketræs-
betulo
koivupiiskata
breza
nyír
birkitré, björkbirkiviîur
樺
자작나무
beržasberžinisberžo mediena
bērza-bērzs
mesteacăn
breza
breza
björk
ต้นไม้ชนิดหนึ่ง
huş ağacıhuş ağacı kerestesihuş
береза
cây bulô
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birch
(bəːtʃ) noun1. (also birch tree) a kind of small tree with pointed leaves valued for its wood. That tree is a birch; (also adjective) birch leaves.
2. its wood. a desk made of birch; (also adjective) a birch desk.
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birch
→ شَجَرَةُ البَتُولا bříza birk Birke σημύδα abedul koivu bouleau breza betulla 樺 자작나무 berk bjørk brzoza bétula, vidoeiro береза björk ต้นไม้ชนิดหนึ่ง huş ağacı cây bulô 桦树Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009