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SWAMP BIRCH
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Dictionary entry overview: What does swamp birch mean?
• SWAMP BIRCH (noun)
The noun SWAMP BIRCH has 1 sense:
1. birch of western United States resembling the paper birch but having brownish bark
Familiarity information: SWAMP BIRCH used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Birch of western United States resembling the paper birch but having brownish bark
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Betula fontinalis; mountain birch; swamp birch; water birch; Western birch; Western paper birch
Hypernyms ("swamp birch" is a kind of...):
birch; birch tree (any betulaceous tree or shrub of the genus Betula having a thin peeling bark)
Holonyms ("swamp birch" is a member of...):
Betula; genus Betula (a genus of trees of the family Betulaceae (such as birches))
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