| 单词 | river birch |
| 释义 | > as lemmasriver birch river birch n. North American the red birch, Betula nigra, which grows on riverbanks and swamps in the eastern United States. 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 1846 G. B. Emerson Rep. Trees & Shrubs Mass. ii. 209 This tree is found growing abundantly on Spicket River and in neighboring swamps in Methuen. It is there called the river birch. 1884 C. S. Sargent Rep. Forests N. Amer. 161 Red Birch. River Birch... Used in the manufacture of furniture. 1937 W. M. Harlow & E. S. Harrar Textbk. Dendrol. 291 Its use as an ornamental seems to be increasing and even north of the natural range, river birch makes a desirable specimen tree for parks. 1998 D. Baldacci Simple Truth xxxi. 217 The narrow road took them through a mass of scrub pine, holly, oak and river birch with its bark unraveling like pencil shavings. < as lemmas |
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