noun
Meaning 1
paper birch, Betula papyrifera.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Phrase guide
canoe birch
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
No pronunciation record was provided for this word.
noun
Meaning 2
small American birch with peeling white bark often worked into e.g. baskets or toy canoes
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: American white birch, paper birch, paperbark birch, Betula cordifolia, Betula papyrifera
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: birch, birch tree
History
Etymology
The Native Americans used the bark of this tree for building canoes.