Толковый словарь английского языка - birch
Birch
birch
I. noun see: bright Date: before 12th century any of a genus (Betula of the family Betulaceae, the ~ family) of monoecious deciduous usually short-lived trees or shrubs having simple petioled leaves and typically a layered membranous outer bark that peels readily, the hard pale close-grained wood of a ~, a ~ rod or bundle of twigs for flogging, ~ or ~en adjective II. transitive verb Date: 1830 to beat with or as if with a ~ ; whip
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n. & v. --n. 1 any tree of the genus Betula, having thin peeling bark, bearing catkins, and found predominantly in northern temperate regions. 2 (in full birchwood) the hard fine-grained pale wood of these trees. 3 NZ any of various similar trees. 4 (in full birch-rod) a bundle of birch twigs used for flogging. --v.tr. beat with a birch (in sense 4). Phrases and idioms birch-bark 1 the bark of Betula papyrifera used to make canoes. 2 US such a canoe. Derivatives birchen adj. Etymology: OE bi(e)rce f. Gmc ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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