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silver birch
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silver birch
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(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) a betulaceous tree, Betula pendula, of N temperate regions of the Old World, having silvery-white peeling bark See also birch [1]
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Noun1.silver birch - European birch with silvery white peeling bark and markedly drooping branchessilver birch - European birch with silvery white peeling bark and markedly drooping branches
Betula, genus Betula - a genus of trees of the family Betulaceae (such as birches)
birch tree, birch - any betulaceous tree or shrub of the genus Betula having a thin peeling bark
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silver birch nbetulla argentata or bianca


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