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YELLOW BIRCH

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does yellow birch mean? 

YELLOW BIRCH (noun)
  The noun YELLOW BIRCH has 1 sense:

1. tree of eastern North America with thin lustrous yellow or grey barkplay

  Familiarity information: YELLOW BIRCH used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


YELLOW BIRCH (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Tree of eastern North America with thin lustrous yellow or grey bark

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Betula alleghaniensis; Betula leutea; yellow birch

Hypernyms ("yellow birch" is a kind of...):

birch; birch tree (any betulaceous tree or shrub of the genus Betula having a thin peeling bark)

Holonyms ("yellow birch" is a member of...):

Betula; genus Betula (a genus of trees of the family Betulaceae (such as birches))


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