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Adjective birch has 1 sense
- birch, birchen, birken - consisting of or made of wood of the birch tree
Antonym: nonwoody (indirect, via woody)
Noun birch has 3 senses
- birch - hard close-grained wood of any of various birch trees; used especially in furniture and interior finishes and plywood
--1 is a kind of wood
--1 is a substance of birch, birch tree
- birch, birch tree - any betulaceous tree or shrub of the genus Betula having a thin peeling bark
--2 is a kind of tree
--2 is a member of Betula, genus Betula
--2 has substances: birch
--2 has particulars: | | yellow birch, Betula alleghaniensis, Betula leutea; American white birch, paper birch, paperbark birch, canoe birch, Betula cordifolia, Betula papyrifera; gray birch, American gray birch, Betula populifolia; silver birch, common birch, European white birch, Betula pendula; downy birch, white birch, Betula pubescens; black birch, river birch, red birch, Betula nigra; sweet birch, cherry birch, black birch, Betula lenta; Yukon white birch, Betula neoalaskana; swamp birch, water birch, mountain birch, Western paper birch, Western birch, Betula fontinalis; Newfoundland dwarf birch, American dwarf birch, Betula glandulosa |
- birch, birch rod - bundle of birch twigs used to hit people as punishment
--3 is a kind of switch
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