birch tree

/bərtʃ tri/

/bətʃ tri/

Other forms: birch trees

Definitions of birch tree

1. noun

   any betulaceous tree or shrub of the genus Betula having a thin peeling bark
   synonyms: birch

   types:

   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, European white birch, common 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, Western birch, Western paper birch, mountain birch, swamp birch, water 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

   type of:

   tree

   a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms