betula : Idioms & Phrases

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betula alleghaniensis

  • noun tree of eastern North America with thin lustrous yellow or grey bark
    Betula alleghaniensis; yellow birch.
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betula cordifolia

  • noun small American birch with peeling white bark often worked into e.g. baskets or toy canoes
    American white birch; canoe birch; Betula cordifolia; paperbark birch; paper birch.
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betula fontinalis

  • noun birch of western United States resembling the paper birch but having brownish bark
    Western paper birch; mountain birch; swamp birch; Western birch; water birch.
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betula glandulosa

  • noun small shrub of colder parts of North America and Greenland
    American dwarf birch; Newfoundland dwarf birch.
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betula lenta

  • noun common birch of the eastern United States having spicy brown bark yielding a volatile oil and hard dark wood used for furniture
    cherry birch; sweet birch; black birch.
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betula leutea

  • noun tree of eastern North America with thin lustrous yellow or grey bark
    Betula alleghaniensis; yellow birch.
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betula neoalaskana

  • noun Alaskan birch with white to pale brown bark
    Yukon white birch.
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betula nigra

  • noun birch of swamps and river bottoms throughout the eastern United States having reddish-brown bark
    river birch; red birch; black birch.
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betula papyrifera

  • noun small American birch with peeling white bark often worked into e.g. baskets or toy canoes
    American white birch; canoe birch; Betula cordifolia; paperbark birch; paper birch.
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betula pendula

  • noun European birch with silvery white peeling bark and markedly drooping branches
    common birch; European white birch; silver birch.
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betula populifolia

  • 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
    gray birch; American grey birch; grey birch; American gray birch.
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betula pubescens

  • noun European birch with dull white to pale brown bark and somewhat drooping hairy branches
    downy birch; white birch.
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genus betula

  • noun a genus of trees of the family Betulaceae (such as birches)
    Betula.
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