birch

1. Hard close-grained wood of any of various birch trees;
   Used especially in furniture and interior finishes and plywood (synset 112302117)
   is a type of: wood - the hard fibrous lignified substance under the bark of trees
   substance meronym: birch, birch tree - any betulaceous tree or shrub of the genus Betula having a thin peeling bark
2. Any betulaceous tree or shrub of the genus Betula having a thin peeling bark (synset 112301758)
   is a type of: tree - a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms
   subtypes:

   • betula alleghaniensis, betula leutea, yellow birch - tree of eastern North America with thin lustrous yellow or grey bark
   • american white birch, betula cordifolia, betula papyrifera, canoe birch, paper birch, paperbark birch - small American birch with peeling white bark often worked into e.g. baskets or toy canoes
   • american gray birch, american grey birch, betula populifolia, gray birch, grey birch - medium-sized birch of eastern North America having white or pale grey bark and valueless wood; occurs often as a second-growth forest tree
   • betula pendula, common birch, european white birch, silver birch - European birch with silvery white peeling bark and markedly drooping branches
   • betula pubescens, downy birch, white birch - European birch with dull white to pale brown bark and somewhat drooping hairy branches
   • betula nigra, black birch, red birch, river birch - birch of swamps and river bottoms throughout the eastern United States having reddish-brown bark
   • betula lenta, black birch, cherry birch, sweet birch - common birch of the eastern United States having spicy brown bark yielding a volatile oil and hard dark wood used for furniture
   • betula neoalaskana, yukon white birch - Alaskan birch with white to pale brown bark
   • betula fontinalis, mountain birch, swamp birch, water birch, western birch, western paper birch - birch of western United States resembling the paper birch but having brownish bark
   • american dwarf birch, betula glandulosa, newfoundland dwarf birch - small shrub of colder parts of North America and Greenland
   belongs to: betula, genus betula - a genus of trees of the family Betulaceae (such as birches)
   substance holonym: birch - hard close-grained wood of any of various birch trees; used especially in furniture and interior finishes and plywood
   same as: birch tree
3. A switch consisting of a twig or a bundle of twigs from a birch tree;
   Used to hit people as punishment (synset 102846047)
   "my father never spared the birch"
   is a type of: switch - a flexible implement used as an instrument of punishment
   same as: birch rod

1. Consisting of or made of wood of the birch tree (synset 302586272)
   similar to: woody - made of or containing or resembling wood
   same as: birchen, birken

1. Whip with a birch twig (synset 201414632)
   is a type of: flog, lash, lather, slash, strap, trounce, welt, whip - beat severely with a whip or rod

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