Noun
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a switch consisting of a twig or a bundle of twigs from a birch tree
used to hit people as punishment
"my father never spared the birch"
- birch rod -
any betulaceous tree or shrub of the genus Betula having a thin peeling bark
- birch tree -
hard close-grained wood of any of various birch trees
used especially in furniture and interior finishes and plywood
Verb
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whip with a birch twig
Adjective
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consisting of or made of wood of the birch tree