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birch family — noun monoecious trees and shrubs (including the genera Betula and Alnus and Carpinus and Corylus and Ostrya and Ostryopsis) • Syn: ↑Betulaceae, ↑family Betulaceae • Derivationally related forms: ↑betulaceous (for: ↑Betulaceae) … Useful english dictionary
birch — [bʉrch] n. [ME birche < OE beorc < IE base * bhereĝ , to gleam, white > BRIGHT] 1. any of a genus (Betula) of trees and shrubs of the birch family, having smooth bark easily peeled off in thin sheets, and hard, closegrained wood: found… … English World dictionary
birch — /berrch/, n. 1. any tree or shrub of the genus Betula, comprising species with a smooth, laminated outer bark and close grained wood. Cf. birch family. 2. the wood itself. 3. a birch rod, or a bundle of birch twigs, used esp. for whipping. adj. 4 … Universalium
birch — I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English beorc; akin to Old High German birka birch, Old English beorht bright, and probably to Latin fraxinus ash tree more at bright Date: before 12th century 1. any of a genus (Betula of the family… … New Collegiate Dictionary
family Betulaceae — noun monoecious trees and shrubs (including the genera Betula and Alnus and Carpinus and Corylus and Ostrya and Ostryopsis) • Syn: ↑Betulaceae, ↑birch family • Derivationally related forms: ↑betulaceous (for: ↑Betulaceae) • … Useful english dictionary
family Carpinaceae — noun used in some classification systems for the genera Carpinus, Ostryopsis, and Ostryopsis • Syn: ↑Carpinaceae, ↑subfamily Carpinaceae • Hypernyms: ↑hamamelid dicot family • Member Holonyms: ↑Betulaceae, ↑family Betulaceae … Useful english dictionary
family Corylaceae — noun used in some classification systems for the genus Corylus • Syn: ↑Corylaceae, ↑subfamily Corylaceae • Hypernyms: ↑hamamelid dicot family • Member Holonyms: ↑Betulaceae, ↑family Betulaceae, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
Family name affixes — are a clue for family name etymology and determining ethnic origin of a person. This is a partial list of affixes.PrefixesDogra * A (Romanian) son of * ab (Welsh) son of * antune (Portuguese) Anthony * ap (Welsh) son of * abu (Arabic) father of… … Wikipedia
Birch Lake, Minnesota — Birch Lake is an unorganized territory in St. Louis County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 648 at the 2000 census.GeographyAccording to the United States Census Bureau, the unorganized territory has a total area of 70.4 square miles … Wikipedia
Birch — Taxobox name = Birch image width = 240px image caption = Silver Birch regnum = Plantae divisio = Magnoliophyta classis = Magnoliopsida ordo = Fagales familia = Betulaceae genus = Betula genus authority = L. subdivision ranks = Species subdivision … Wikipedia
