Birch-family
the plant family Betulaceae, characterized by deciduous trees having simple serrate leaves, male flowers in drooping catkins, female flowers in short clusters, and one-seeded nuts, and including the alder, birch, hazel, and hornbeam.
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- Birch-partridge
ruffed grouse. Historical Examples A Book-Lover’s Holidays in the Open Theodore Roosevelt
- Birch-tar-oil
birch tar oil
- Birchbark-biting
noun a Native Canadian craft in which designs are bitten onto bark from birch trees
- Birchen
of or relating to birch. made or consisting of birch: birchen furniture. Historical Examples Indian Child Life Charles A. Eastman Indian Boyhood [AKA Ohiyesa], Charles A. Eastman The Green Forest Fairy Book Loretta Ellen Brady The Man of Adamant Nathaniel Hawthorne East of the Sun and West of the Moon Peter Christen Asbjrnsen The Peace […]
- Bircher
a member, advocate, or follower of the John Birch Society and its principles. any tree or shrub of the genus Betula, comprising species with a smooth, laminated outer bark and close-grained wood. Compare birch family. the wood itself. a birch rod, or a bundle of birch twigs, used especially for whipping. birchen. to beat or […]