a switch consisting of a twig or a bundle of twigs from a birch tree; used to hit people as punishment | birch of swamps and river bottoms throughout the eastern United States having reddish-brown bark |
any betulaceous tree or shrub of the genus Betula having a thin peeling bark | common birch of the eastern United States having spicy brown bark yielding a volatile oil and hard dark wood used for furniture |
hard close-grained wood of any of various birch trees; used especially in furniture and interior finishes and plywood | |