silver birch


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silver birch

n
(Plants) a betulaceous tree, Betula pendula, of N temperate regions of the Old World, having silvery-white peeling bark. See also birch1
Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014
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Noun1.silver birch - European birch with silvery white peeling bark and markedly drooping branchessilver birch - European birch with silvery white peeling bark and markedly drooping branches
Betula pendula, common birch, European white birch
Betula, genus Betula - a genus of trees of the family Betulaceae (such as birches)
birch tree, birch - any betulaceous tree or shrub of the genus Betula having a thin peeling bark
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silver birch

n → betulla argentata or bianca
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The Hirschwald is a little open wood of silver birches and springy turf starred with flowers, and there is a tiny stream meandering amiably about it and decking itself in June with yellow flags.
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kurilensis) have shown the fastest growth, while native species of silver birch and black alder have proved to be the most productive deciduous trees [3, 9, 10].
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The Silver Birch is weeping, Leaves like tears of soft spun gold.
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