Look up: Birch

1. Birch
   (Betula) Betula is the botanical name for a group of deciduous (leaf-losing) trees and shrubs, commonly known as the Birches. They are natives of Europe, Asia and North America. Birches are very attractive, with their white or beautifully colored bark, which peels off in thin, papery fragments. Birc...
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2. birch
   [adj] - consisting of or made of wood of the birch tree 2. [n] - hard close-grained wood of any of various birch trees 3. [n] - any betulaceous tree or shrub of the genus Betula having a thin peeling bark 4. [n] - bundle of birch twigs used to hit people as punishment 5. [v] - whip with a birch twig
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3. Birch
   Strong flexible wood that has many uses. Amongst the uses are furniture making, building as well as being used for agricultural implements in the past.
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4. birch
   A native timber of northern Europe, creamy in colour, tinged with pink or yellow, and with a fine, even, wavy grain. It has been used mainly as a solid wood for chairs and country furniture, especially in the 18thC, and is seen in BIEDERMEIER furniture. Selected pieces were occasionally used as a cheap substitute for SATINWOOD. In the 19thC cheap b …
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5. Birch
   Birch (bẽrch) noun ; plural Birches (-ĕz). [ Middle English birche , birk , Anglo-Saxon birce , beorc ; akin to Icelandic björk , Swedish björk , Danish birk , Dutch ...
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6. Birch
   Birch adjective Of or pertaining to the birch; birchen.
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7. Birch
   Birch transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Birched (bẽrcht); present participle & verbal noun Birching .] To whip with a birch rod or twig; to flog.
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8. birch
   1. A tree of several species, constituting the genus Betula; as, the white or common birch (B. Alba) (also called silver birch and lady birch); the dwarf birch (B. Glandulosa); the paper or canoe birch (B. Papyracea); the yellow birch (B. Lutea); the black or cherry birch (B. Lenta). ... 2. The wood...
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9. birch
   birchen adjective consisting of or made of wood of the birch tree
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10. birch
    birch rod noun a switch consisting of a twig or a bundle of twigs from a birch tree; used to hit people as punishment; `my father never spared the birch`
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11. birch
    birch tree noun any betulaceous tree or shrub of the genus Betula having a thin peeling bark
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12. birch
    verb whip with a birch twig
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13. Birch
    • (a.) Of or pertaining to the birch; birchen. • (n.) A birch twig or birch twigs, used for flogging. • (v. t.) To whip with a birch rod or twig; to flog. • (n.) A tree of several species, constituting the genus Betula; as, the white or common birch (B. alba) (also called silver ...
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14. birch
    any of about 40 species of short-lived ornamental and timber trees and shrubs constituting the genus Betula (family Betulaceae), distributed ... [10 related articles]
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15. Birch
    Birch is a English boy name. The meaning of the name is `Birch Tree, White` From Old English. The name Birch doesn`t appear In the US top 1000 most common names over de last 128 years. The name Birch seems to be unique!
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16. birch
    Any of a group of slender trees with small leaves and fine, peeling bark. About 40 species are found in cool temperate parts of the northern hemisphere. Birches grow rapidly, and their hard, beautiful wood is used for veneers and cabinet work. (Genus Betula, family Betulaceae.)
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17. birch
    birch, common name for some members of the Betulaceae, a family of deciduous trees or shrubs bearing male and female flowers on separate plants, widely distributed in the Northern Hemisphere. They are valued for their hardwood lumber and edible fruits and as ornamental trees. The species of Betulace...
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18. Birch
    The birch (Betula) is a genus of trees of the order Betulaceae, which comprises only the birches and alders, which inhabit Europe, Northern Asia, and North America. The common birch is indigenous throughout the north, and on high situations in the south of Europe. It is extremely hardy, and only one...
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19. Birch
    (Canada) A creamy brown veneer with a wavy water-marked figure, Width 8-14 inches.
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20. birch
    A native timber of northern Europe, creamy in colour, tinged with pink or yellow, and with a fine, even, wavy grain. It has been used mainly as a solid wood for chairs and country furniture, especially in the 18thC, and is seen in biedermeier furniture. Selected pieces were occasionally used as a ch...
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21. Birch
    `Birch` is a tree or shrub of the ə--> Syllable stress of Botanical Latin|Bé-tu-la), in the family Betulaceae, closely related to the beech/oak family, Fagaceae. The Betula genus contains 30–60 known taxa. It is widespread on the Northern Hemisphere, across a variety of boreal, ...
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22. BIRCH
    (data clustering) `BIRCH` (balanced iterative reducing and clustering using hierarchies) is an unsupervised data mining algorithm used to perform hierarchical clustering over particularly large data-sets. An advantage of Birch is its ability to incrementally and dynamically cluster incoming, ...
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