hard close-grained wood of any of various birch trees; used especially in furniture and interior finishes and plywood
any betulaceous tree or shrub of the genus Betula having a thin peeling bark
[ Syn: birch tree ]
a switch consisting of a twig or a bundle of twigs from a birch tree; used to hit people as punishment; my father never spared the birch
[ Syn: birch rod ]
birch (n.)
whip with a birch twig