silver birch

noun

1. a betulaceous tree, Betula pendula, of N temperate regions of the Old World, having silvery-white peeling bark See also birch

Example Sentences

That fine silver-birch in the jailyard—you saw it, I suppose, coming in—all peeled and naked from the ground as high as my reach.

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I turned to the girl, who was standing quietly beside a young silver birch-tree.

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All seated themselves; I struck flint, blew the tinder to a coal, and lighted a silver birch-shred.

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Thus she remained, holding to a silver birch, leaning out a little toward the chasm.

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On the broader shelves the mountain maple, the silver birch, and the hobble-bush secure a precarious foothold.

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