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noun
A North American birch tree with white bark, of species Betula papyrifera.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
small American birch with peeling white bark often worked into e.g. baskets or toy canoes
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: American white birch, paperbark birch, canoe birch, Betula cordifolia, Betula papyrifera
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: birch, birch tree
History
Its white bark peels off in layers, like paper.
Across languages
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