Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A genus of hardy trees or shrubs, natives of the north temperate and arctic regions; the birches.
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- noun a genus of trees of the family Betulaceae (such as birches)
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Examples
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For example, Abedul "Birch tree" is from Celtic or at least Gallo-Roman 'betula' and related to Irish beith "birch."
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I chose to plant a river birch betula nigra because river birches are survivors.
Archive 2008-02-01 e 2008
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The Forest Pansy replacement number two, red leaf birch, betula ‘Crimson Frost’ has grown slowly but steadily.
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In Norway they are composed chiefly of pine; the only deciduous tree found in the highest latitudes is the birch (betula odorata); the forests of pines and deciduous trees are found south of 61 deg.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 5: Diocese-Fathers of Mercy 1840-1916 1913
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It is made of the rind of the betula papyracea, or white birch, sewed together with the fine fibrous roots of the cedaror spruce, and is made water-tight by covering the seams with boiled pine rosin, the whole being distended over and supported by very thin ribs and cross-bars of cedar, curiously carved and framed together.
Memoirs of 30 Years with the Indian Tribes on the American Frontiers Schoolcraft, H R 1851
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It is made of the rind of the betula papyracea, or white birch, sewed together with the fine fibrous roots of the cedaror spruce, and is made water-tight by covering the seams with boiled pine rosin, the whole being distended over and supported by very thin ribs and cross-bars of cedar, curiously carved and framed together.
Personal Memoirs of a Residence of Thirty Years with the Indian Tribes on the American Frontiers Henry Rowe Schoolcraft 1828
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He doth nothing all day but eat and drink, there being no end of banqueting from morning till night; and, when ready to burst, he eats _areka betula_ [40], which is a fruit like a nutmeg, wrapped in a leaf like tobacco, with _sharp-chalk_ [lime] made of the shells of pearl oysters.
A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 08 Robert Kerr 1784
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Ingredients like betula alba leaf, ginko biloba, and echinacea, blended together for beautiful results.
Aging Fabulous 2009
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Ingredients like betula alba leaf, ginko biloba, and echinacea, blended together for beautiful results.
Aging Fabulous 2009
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I. Habitat in Europae betula alba, teres, fpadiceiis. carpini.
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