birch
Any of various trees of the genus Betula, native to countries in the Northern Hemisphere.
Other meanings
A hard wood taken from the birch tree, typically used to make furniture.
A stick, rod or bundle of twigs made from birch wood, used for punishment.
A kind of
- wood
Word history
From Old English "birċe".
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “birch” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.