birch tree
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1. any betulaceous tree or shrub of the genus Betula having a thin peeling bark (noun.plant)
| hypernym | : | tree, |
| definition | : | a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | betula alleghaniensis, betula leutea, yellow birch, |
| definition | : | tree of eastern North America with thin lustrous yellow or grey bark (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | american white birch, betula cordifolia, betula papyrifera, canoe birch, paper birch, paperbark birch, |
| definition | : | small American birch with peeling white bark often worked into e.g. baskets or toy canoes (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | american gray birch, american grey birch, betula populifolia, gray birch, grey birch, |
| definition | : | medium-sized birch of eastern North America having white or pale grey bark and valueless wood; occurs often as a second-growth forest tree (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | betula pendula, common birch, european white birch, silver birch, |
| definition | : | European birch with silvery white peeling bark and markedly drooping branches (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | betula pubescens, downy birch, white birch, |
| definition | : | European birch with dull white to pale brown bark and somewhat drooping hairy branches (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | betula nigra, black birch, red birch, river birch, |
| definition | : | birch of swamps and river bottoms throughout the eastern United States having reddish-brown bark (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | betula lenta, black birch, cherry birch, sweet birch, |
| definition | : | common birch of the eastern United States having spicy brown bark yielding a volatile oil and hard dark wood used for furniture (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | betula neoalaskana, yukon white birch, |
| definition | : | Alaskan birch with white to pale brown bark (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | betula fontinalis, mountain birch, swamp birch, water birch, western birch, western paper birch, |
| definition | : | birch of western United States resembling the paper birch but having brownish bark (noun.plant) |
| hyponym | : | american dwarf birch, betula glandulosa, newfoundland dwarf birch, |
| definition | : | small shrub of colder parts of North America and Greenland (noun.plant) |
| member meronym | : | betula, genus betula, |
| definition | : | a genus of trees of the family Betulaceae (such as birches) (noun.plant) |
| substance holonym | : | birch, |
| definition | : | hard close-grained wood of any of various birch trees; used especially in furniture and interior finishes and plywood (noun.plant) |
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