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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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These could include English oak, beech, silver birch and holly trees, which they say could be vulnerable to warmer temperatures and longer dry spells.

From BBC • Jul. 22, 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

Our hike begins at sea level, rising up through a forest of elder and silver birch, the trees bowed under the weight of the snow.

From The Guardian • Jan. 11, 2019

One time it was just a silver birch.

From "Black Swan Green" by David Mitchell

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