canoe birch
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of canoe birch
An Americanism dating back to 1800–10
Example Sentences
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Paper birch is also known as white birch, or canoe birch, as American Indians used the bark for their canoes.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 18, 2022
The bark of the canoe birch is almost snowy white on the outside, and very prettily marked with fine brown stripes two or three inches long, which go around the trunk.
From Among the Trees at Elmridge by Church, Ella Rodman
True, it has not the length of life, the girth and strength of limb, of the silver-barked canoe birch, but the white birch will grow in a climate that fevers its northern cousin.
From The Garden, You, and I by Wright, Mabel Osgood
The canoe birch attains a considerable size in this latitude but from the great demand for its wood to make sledges it has become rare.
From The Journey to the Polar Sea by Franklin, John
Betula papyracea, popularly known as the paper or canoe birch.
From Voyages of Samuel De Champlain — Volume 01 by Otis, Charles P. (Charles Pomeroy)
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