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单词 red birch
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red birchn.

Brit. /ˌrɛd ˈbəːtʃ/, U.S. /ˈˌrɛd ˈbərtʃ/
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: red adj., birch n.
Etymology: < red adj. + birch n.
1. U.S. The river birch, Betula nigra, of the eastern United States, the young bark of which is dark red. Now rare.
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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
1774 J. Reed Explan. Map City & Liberties Philadelphia 18 From thence W. S. W. 525 perches to a corner red birch, standing by Schuylkill.
1785 H. Marshall Arbustrum Americanum 19 Red birch..grows to a pretty large size.
1846–50 A. Wood Class-bk. Bot. 498 Red Birch... Trunk covered with a reddish or chocolate-coloured bark.
1918 N. Duncan Battles Royal i. ii. 41 The crew was gathered close about a roaring red birch fire.
2002 C. Fergus Trees of Pennsylvania 87 The name red birch comes from the dark red color of the branchlets.
2.
a. Any of several New Zealand southern beeches, esp. Nothofagus menziesii and N. fusca; (also) the wood of any of these trees. Cf. red beech n. 2.
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the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > non-British trees or shrubs > Australasian trees > [noun] > other Australasian trees or shrubs
burrawang1826
water gum1826
kaikomako1832
karaka1834
kawa-kawa1838
peppermint1838
bottle tree1844
ngaio1849
Grevillea1853
red birch1853
wooden pear1860
muskwood1866
sugar-tree1866
tulip-tree1866
hop-bush1883
mock orange1884
mountain beech1884
sage tree1884
tile-seed1884
mutton-bird scrub1889
red birch1889
silver-tree1889
whalebone-tree1889
budda1890
camphor laurel1894
pepperbush1895
mustard bush1898
willow myrtle1898
pigeon wood1899
horizontal scrub1909
turkey-bush1911
pandani1923
mock orange1929
1853 J. D. Hooker Bot. Antarctic Voy.: Flora Novæ-Zelandiæ I. 229 Fagus Menziesii..Nat. name, ‘Tavai’, Col.Red Birch’ of the colonists.
1882 W. D. Hay Brighter Brit. II. 190 The Tawai (Fagus Menziesii), called ‘red birch’ by settlers, is a favourite for fencing when young.
1934 Sci. Monthly Apr. 328/1 Even the beech is antipodal, more like birch than beech and called red and black birch by the lumberman.
1981 J. Henderson Exiles Asbestos Cottage 60 Red or brown beech/birch, ‘steaming wood’, good fill-in wood.
2000 Sunday Star-Times (Auckland, N.Z.) 18 June 8 Trees such as Japanese maples, elms and red birch soften the line of the northern boundary.
b. The New Zealand tree Weinmannia racemosa; = kamahi n.
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the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > non-British trees or shrubs > Australasian trees > [noun] > other Australasian trees or shrubs
burrawang1826
water gum1826
kaikomako1832
karaka1834
kawa-kawa1838
peppermint1838
bottle tree1844
ngaio1849
Grevillea1853
red birch1853
wooden pear1860
muskwood1866
sugar-tree1866
tulip-tree1866
hop-bush1883
mock orange1884
mountain beech1884
sage tree1884
tile-seed1884
mutton-bird scrub1889
red birch1889
silver-tree1889
whalebone-tree1889
budda1890
camphor laurel1894
pepperbush1895
mustard bush1898
willow myrtle1898
pigeon wood1899
horizontal scrub1909
turkey-bush1911
pandani1923
mock orange1929
1889 T. Kirk Forest Flora N.Z. 133 In common with other trees characterized by small leaves, it is termed ‘birch’ by the bushman, or ‘red birch’ or ‘brown birch’.
1910 L. Cockayne N.Z. Plants & their Story 160 Weinmannia racemosa, called red-birch in Westland, is very common.
1940 R. M. Laing & E. W. Blackwell Plants N.Z. (ed. 4) 197 [The kamahi] is particularly common in the forests of Westland..where it is usually termed red birch.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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