birch

1. consisting of or made of wood of the birch tree

1. hard close-grained wood of any of various birch trees; used especially in furniture and interior finishes and plywood

Definition categories: plant, wood

2. any betulaceous tree or shrub of the genus Betula having a thin peeling bark

Definition categories: plant, tree

3. 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

Definition categories: man–made, switch

1. whip with a birch twig

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