gray birch

American  

noun

1. a small, bushy birch, Betula populifolia, of stony or sandy areas of the eastern U.S., having grayish-white bark and triangular leaves.

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Etymology

Origin of gray birch

An Americanism dating back to 1850–55

Example Sentences

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gray birch

A gray birch bark canoe floated silently beside her.

From Lydia of the Pines by Morrow, Honoré

Scrub oak and gray birch have taken their places, but do not fill them.

From Confessions of Boyhood by Albee, John

The white bark of the gray birch, the dark bark of the black oak, the gray of the beech, the golden yellow of the mulberry and the mottled bark of the sycamore are interesting comparisons.

From Studies of Trees by Levison, Jacob Joshua

He carried a plain walking-stick of gray birch with a single large opal for a grip.

From Tales of the Jazz Age by Fitzgerald, F. Scott (Francis Scott)

While studying a family of redstarts that lived in a gray birch some twelve feet above the ground, the hen and one nestling disappeared.

From Ohio Arbor Day 1913: Arbor and Bird Day Manual Issued for the Benefit of the Schools of our State by Clifton, Grace R.