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
Grey Dagger — Taxobox name = Grey Dagger image width = 240px regnum = Animalia phylum = Arthropoda classis = Insecta ordo = Lepidoptera familia = Noctuidae genus = Acronicta species = A. psi binomial = Acronicta psi binomial authority = Linnaeus, 1758The Grey… … Wikipedia
Grey Pug — Taxobox name = Grey Pug regnum = Animalia phylum = Arthropoda classis = Insecta ordo = Lepidoptera familia = Geometridae genus = Eupithecia species = E. subfuscata binomial = Eupithecia subfuscata binomial authority = Haworth, 1809The Grey Pug… … Wikipedia
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