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silver birch

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noun

  1. a betulaceous tree, Betula pendula, of N temperate regions of the Old World, having silvery-white peeling bark See also birch

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Caroline Leafe, 70, was walking in Ashdown Forest with her husband Kenneth and their dog on 25 January last year, when the pair were hit by a silver birch as it was being felled.

From BBC Aug. 16, 2024

The researchers looked at how long enveloped and nonenveloped viruses remained infectious on the surface of six types of wood: Scots pine, silver birch, gray alder, eucalyptus, pedunculate oak and Norway spruce.

From Science Daily Jun. 19, 2024

A brisk speed-walk through the silver birch forests before breakfast, perhaps ending with an ice bath in the Moscow River by way of boosting the immune system.

From Salon Mar. 3, 2022

Both have fields of heather, gorse, Scotch broom and clusters of pine, oak and silver birch.

From Golf Digest Jan. 11, 2018

One time it was just a silver birch.

From "Black Swan Green" by David Mitchell

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