单词 | paper birch |
释义 | > as lemmaspaper birch paper birch n. a North American birch, Betula papyrifera, with large leaves and white bark that peels in papery layers; also called canoe birch. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > tree or shrub groups > birch and allies > [noun] bircha700 birch-tree1530 weeping birch1606 Our Lady's tree1608 black birch1674 sugar-birch1751 white birch1766 red birch1774 yellow birch1774 paper birch1791 canoe birch1810 mountain mahogany1810 old field birch1810 mahogany birch1813 towai1845 river birch1846 kamahi1867 silver birch1884 wire birch1899 1791 T. Jefferson Let. 5 June in Papers (1982) XX. 465 The honey suckle of the gardens growing wild on the banks of Lake George, the paper birch, an Aspen with a velvet leaf, [etc.]. 1903 S. E. White Forest xiv. 193 Probably a little further along there would be a point of high land and delightful little paper-birches. 1998 Nature Conservancy Jan. 28/2 The tract features paper birch, seldom seen in the Alleghenies. < as lemmas |
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