Birch-tree
111Singing Ringing Tree (Panopticons) — The Singing Ringing Tree is a wind powered musical sculpture resembling a tree set in the landscape of the Pennine mountain range overlooking Burnley, in Lancashire.Completed in 2006, it is part of the series of four sculptures within the… …
112silver birch — noun count a tall thin tree with light gray or white BARK a. uncount the wood from a silver birch …
113silver birch — silver birches N COUNT (silver birch can also be used as the plural form.) A silver birch is a tree with a greyish white trunk and branches …
114yellow birch — yel′low birch′ n. 1) pln a North American birch, Betula alleghaniensis, having yellowish or bronze bark 2) the hard, light, reddish brown wood of this tree, used for furniture, buildings, boxes, etc • Etymology: 1765–75 …
115paper birch — /ˈpeɪpə bɜtʃ/ (say paypuh berch) noun the North American birch, Betula papyrifera, a tall tree with tough bark and valuable wood. Also, white birch …
116white birch — /waɪt ˈbɜtʃ/ (say wuyt berch) noun 1. Also, white cherry. a medium to tall tree with creamy white edible drupes, Schizomeria ovata, of subtropical and temperate forests of the east coast of Australia; timber used for veneer panelling in the… …
117masur birch — ˈmä]zə(r) , ˈmā]ʸ noun Etymology: part translation of Swedish masurbjörk, from masur veined wood + björk birch; akin to Old High German masar gnarled excrescence on a tree more at mazer : birch with a mottled figure cut from knotty trunks and… …
118Mahogany tree — Mahogany Ma*hog a*ny, Mahogany tree Ma*hog a*ny tree , n. [From the South American name.] 1. (Bot.) A large tree of the genus {Swietenia} ({Swietenia Mahogoni}), found in tropical America. [1913 Webster] Note: Several other trees, with wood more… …
119Broad-leaved tree — is any tree which has wide leaves rather than needle like leaves (mostly conifers). Most broad leaf trees are deciduous, such as birch, elm, oak, and maple, but some, such as arbutus are evergreen.Another name used for the broad leaved trees is… …
120silver birch — n [U and C] a type of tree that has a smooth silvery white ↑trunk and branches …
