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Meanings of birch in English
Russian
берёза 
A tree of the genus Betula, with small leaves and a trunk that is white with darker blotches.
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Examples for "birchen"
Examples for "birchen"
1
The birchen canoes were pierced, and in the excitement many were capsized.
2
She took out her chest of simples, a quaintly-made birchen-bark receptacle.
3
A huge head-dress of birchen twigs adds to his apparent stature.
4
We emerged from the birchen grove upon the river, below a brilliant cascading rapid.
5
But the fragrant birchen logs sputtered and glowed, darting out playful tongues of flame.
1
To himself, he wished he had not told Birken about the spaceship.
2
I think that is a good message either way, said Birken.
3
Would Birken listen if he tried reasoning, he asked himself.
4
Meanwhile, Birken seemed eager to learn all Kinton could tell him about the planet, Tepokt.
5
As they passed the man below, Birken looked up.
Usage of birch in English
1
The maple and the birch are the kings of the Canadian forest.
2
There was a little birch tree in the garden and it died.
3
The breath of the pine and birch fills the place like incense.
4
Among the arboreal productions the alder and birch were the most numerous.
5
The birch bark I had tucked out of sight in my pocket.
6
Just in front a chickadee hung and twittered among the birch twigs.
7
She will use seasonal plants including branches of beech, birch and hornbeam.
8
Have you seen the white birch in the spring, in the Spring?
9
In his hand he held a copy of the old birch-bark map.
10
Another woman made a basket of birch bark in the same way.
11
The birch-bark has alliances with the world of sentiment and of letters.
12
The floors are all of maple and the paneled wall of birch.
13
Jondalar went with her but only as far as the birch woods.
14
The trunks of the birch-trees, the slumbering leaves were overlaid with silver.
15
And she tied up the birch tree with the pretty blue ribbon.
16
The tiny birch-bark teepees of the now deserted Indian village glowed palely.
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Birch through the time
Birch across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
Ireland
Less common
United States of America
Less common