Definition

• n. - A tree of several species, constituting the genus Betula; as, the white or common birch (B. alba) (also called silver birch and lady birch); the dwarf birch (B. glandulosa); the paper or canoe birch (B. papyracea); the yellow birch (B. lutea); the black or cherry birch (B. lenta).
• n. - The wood or timber of the birch.
• n. - A birch twig or birch twigs, used for flogging.
• n. - A birch-bark canoe.
• a. - Of or pertaining to the birch; birchen.
• v. t. - To whip with a birch rod or twig; to flog.