birch

English Thesaurus

1. a switch consisting of a twig or a bundle of twigs from a birch tree; used to hit people as punishment (noun.artifact)

hypernym	:	switch,
definition	:	a flexible implement used as an instrument of punishment (noun.artifact)

2. any betulaceous tree or shrub of the genus Betula having a thin peeling bark (noun.plant)

hypernym	:	tree,
definition	:	a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms (noun.plant)

hyponym	:	betula alleghaniensis, betula leutea, yellow birch,
definition	:	tree of eastern North America with thin lustrous yellow or grey bark (noun.plant)

hyponym	:	american white birch, betula cordifolia, betula papyrifera, canoe birch, paper birch, paperbark birch,
definition	:	small American birch with peeling white bark often worked into e.g. baskets or toy canoes (noun.plant)

hyponym	:	american gray birch, american grey birch, betula populifolia, gray birch, grey birch,
definition	:	medium-sized birch of eastern North America having white or pale grey bark and valueless wood; occurs often as a second-growth forest tree (noun.plant)

hyponym	:	betula pendula, common birch, european white birch, silver birch,
definition	:	European birch with silvery white peeling bark and markedly drooping branches (noun.plant)

hyponym	:	betula pubescens, downy birch, white birch,
definition	:	European birch with dull white to pale brown bark and somewhat drooping hairy branches (noun.plant)

hyponym	:	betula nigra, black birch, red birch, river birch,
definition	:	birch of swamps and river bottoms throughout the eastern United States having reddish-brown bark (noun.plant)

hyponym	:	betula lenta, black birch, cherry birch, sweet birch,
definition	:	common birch of the eastern United States having spicy brown bark yielding a volatile oil and hard dark wood used for furniture (noun.plant)

hyponym	:	betula neoalaskana, yukon white birch,
definition	:	Alaskan birch with white to pale brown bark (noun.plant)

hyponym	:	betula fontinalis, mountain birch, swamp birch, water birch, western birch, western paper birch,
definition	:	birch of western United States resembling the paper birch but having brownish bark (noun.plant)

hyponym	:	american dwarf birch, betula glandulosa, newfoundland dwarf birch,
definition	:	small shrub of colder parts of North America and Greenland (noun.plant)

member meronym	:	betula, genus betula,
definition	:	a genus of trees of the family Betulaceae (such as birches) (noun.plant)

substance holonym	:	birch,
definition	:	hard close-grained wood of any of various birch trees; used especially in furniture and interior finishes and plywood (noun.plant)

3. hard close-grained wood of any of various birch trees; used especially in furniture and interior finishes and plywood (noun.plant)

hypernym	:	wood,
definition	:	the hard fibrous lignified substance under the bark of trees (noun.substance)

substance meronym	:	birch, birch tree,
definition	:	any betulaceous tree or shrub of the genus Betula having a thin peeling bark (noun.plant)

4. whip with a birch twig (verb.contact)

hypernym	:	flog, lash, lather, slash, strap, trounce, welt, whip,
definition	:	beat severely with a whip or rod (verb.contact)

5. consisting of or made of wood of the birch tree (adj.all)

similar	:	woody,
definition	:	made of or containing or resembling wood (adj.all)

6. a switch consisting of a twig or a bundle of twigs from a birch tree; used to hit people as punishment (noun.artifact)

derivation	:	birch,
definition	:	whip with a birch twig (verb.contact)

7. whip with a birch twig (verb.contact)

derivation	:	birch, birch rod,
definition	:	a switch consisting of a twig or a bundle of twigs from a birch tree; used to hit people as punishment (noun.artifact)

8. a switch consisting of a twig or a bundle of twigs from a birch tree; used to hit people as punishment (noun.artifact)

derivation	:	birch,
definition	:	whip with a birch twig (verb.contact)

9. whip with a birch twig (verb.contact)

derivation	:	birch, birch rod,
definition	:	a switch consisting of a twig or a bundle of twigs from a birch tree; used to hit people as punishment (noun.artifact)