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    birch
    [bərCH]
    noun
    birch (noun) · birches (plural noun) · birch tree (noun) · birch trees (plural noun) · birchwood (noun) · the birch (noun)
    1. a slender, fast-growing tree that has thin bark (often peeling) and bears catkins. Birch trees grow chiefly in north temperate regions, some reaching the northern limit of tree growth.
      • the hard fine-grained pale wood of any of the birch trees.
    2. historical
      (the birch)
      a formal punishment in which a person is flogged with a bundle of birch twigs:
      "there were calls to bring back the birch"
    verb
    historical
    birch (verb) · birches (third person present) · birched (past tense) · birched (past participle) · birching (present participle)
    1. beat (someone) with a bundle of birch twigs as a formal punishment:
      "the school would attempt to birch them into submission"
    Origin
    Old English bierce, birce, of Germanic origin; related to German Birke.
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  2. The meaning of BIRCH is any of a genus (Betula of the family Betulaceae, the birch family) of monoecious deciduous trees or shrubs having simple petioled leaves and typically a layered membranous outer bark that peels readily.
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    birch [ burch ] Phonetic (Standard)IPA noun any tree or shrub of the genus Betula, comprising species with a smooth, laminated outer bark and close-grained wood.
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    Birch, genus of about 40 species of short-lived ornamental and timber trees and shrubs of the family Betulaceae, distributed throughout cool regions of the Northern Hemisphere. They are valuable in reforestation and erosion control, and many are cultivated as ornamentals for their attractive foliage and bark.
    birch (bûrch) n. 1. a. Any of various deciduous trees or shrubs of the genus Betula, native to the Northern Hemisphere and having unisexual flowers in catkins, alternate, simple, toothed leaves, and bark that often peels in thin papery layers.
     
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