white birch

white birch

n.

Any of several birch trees having white bark, as Betula pendula of Europe or the paper birch B. papyrifera of North America.

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Noun

1.

white birch - European birch with dull white to pale brown bark and somewhat drooping hairy branches Betula pubescens, downy birch 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