English > birch: 5 senses > noun 2, plant| Meaning | Any betulaceous tree or shrub of the genus Betula having a thin peeling bark. |
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| Synonym | birch tree |
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| Member of | Betula, genus Betula | A genus of trees of the family Betulaceae (such as birches) |
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| Narrower | American white birch, paper birch, paperbark birch, canoe birch, Betula cordifolia, Betula papyrifera | small American birch with peeling white bark often worked into e.g. baskets or toy canoes |
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| Newfoundland dwarf birch, American dwarf birch, Betula glandulosa | small shrub of colder parts of North America and Greenland |
| Yukon white birch, Betula neoalaskana | Alaskan birch with white to pale brown bark |
| black birch, river birch, red birch, Betula nigra | birch of swamps and river bottoms throughout the eastern United States having reddish-brown bark |
| downy birch, white birch, Betula pubescens | European birch with dull white to pale brown bark and somewhat drooping hairy branches |
| grey birch, gray birch, American grey birch, American gray birch, Betula populifolia | medium-sized birch of eastern North America having white or pale grey bark and valueless wood |
| silver birch, common birch, European white birch, Betula pendula | European birch with silvery white peeling bark and markedly drooping branches |
| swamp birch, water birch, mountain birch, Western paper birch, Western birch, Betula fontinalis | birch of western United States resembling the paper birch but having brownish bark |
| sweet birch, cherry birch, black birch, Betula lenta | common birch of the eastern United States having spicy brown bark yielding a volatile oil and hard dark wood used for furniture |
| yellow birch, Betula alleghaniensis, Betula leutea | Tree of eastern North America with thin lustrous yellow or grey bark |
| Broader | tree | A tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown |
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| Substances | birch | Hard close-grained wood of any of various birch trees |
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| Spanish | abedul, betula |
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| Catalan | bedoll |
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