grey birch

grey birch
noun
medium-sized birch of eastern North America having white or pale grey bark and valueless wood; occurs often as a second-growth forest tree
Hypernyms: ↑birch, ↑birch tree
Member Holonyms: ↑Betula, ↑genus Betula

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  • American grey birch — noun medium sized birch of eastern North America having white or pale grey bark and valueless wood; occurs often as a second growth forest tree • Syn: ↑grey birch, ↑gray birch, ↑American gray birch, ↑Betula populifolia • Hypernyms: ↑birch, ↑birch …   Useful english dictionary

  • birch tree — noun any betulaceous tree or shrub of the genus Betula having a thin peeling bark • Syn: ↑birch • Hypernyms: ↑tree • Hyponyms: ↑yellow birch, ↑Betula alleghaniensis, ↑Betula leutea, ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

  • birch — ► NOUN 1) a slender hardy tree having a peeling, typically silver grey or white, bark and yielding a hard fine grained wood. 2) (the birch) chiefly historical a punishment in which a person is flogged with a bundle of birch twigs. ► VERB chiefly… …   English terms dictionary

  • birch — noun 1》 a slender hardy tree with thin, peeling, silver grey or white bark, which yields a hard pale wood. [Betula pendula (silver birch) and related species.] 2》 (the birch) chiefly historical a formal punishment in which a person is flogged… …   English new terms dictionary

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  • gray birch — noun medium sized birch of eastern North America having white or pale grey bark and valueless wood; occurs often as a second growth forest tree • Syn: ↑grey birch, ↑American grey birch, ↑American gray birch, ↑Betula populifolia • Hypernyms:… …   Useful english dictionary

  • American gray birch — noun medium sized birch of eastern North America having white or pale grey bark and valueless wood; occurs often as a second growth forest tree • Syn: ↑grey birch, ↑gray birch, ↑American grey birch, ↑Betula populifolia • Hypernyms: ↑birch, ↑birch …   Useful english dictionary

  • gray birch — a small, bushy birch, Betula populifolia, of stony or sandy areas of the eastern U.S., having grayish white bark and triangular leaves. [1850 55, Amer.] * * * ▪ tree also spelled  Grey Birch,  also called  Oldfield Birch, Wire Birch, or Poplar… …   Universalium

  • silver birch — noun European birch with silvery white peeling bark and markedly drooping branches • Syn: ↑common birch, ↑European white birch, ↑Betula pendula • Hypernyms: ↑birch, ↑birch tree • Member Holonyms: ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

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