tree (noun) | birch (noun) |
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a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms | hard close-grained wood of any of various birch trees; used especially in furniture and interior finishes and plywood |
a figure that branches from a single root | any betulaceous tree or shrub of the genus Betula having a thin peeling bark |
a switch consisting of a twig or a bundle of twigs from a birch tree; used to hit people as punishment |
tree (adjective) | birch (adjective) |
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consisting of or made of wood of the birch tree |
tree (verb) | birch (verb) |
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force a person or an animal into a position from which he cannot escape | whip with a birch twig |
plant with trees | |
chase an animal up a tree | |
stretch (a shoe) on a shoetree |