gray birch

noun

1
: a small birch (Betula populifolia) of northeastern North America that has many lateral branches, grayish-white bark, triangular leaves, and soft weak wood and that occurs especially in old fields reverting to woodland
2

Examples of gray birch in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web By planting wild indigo, gray birch, and switchgrass, his goal was to take a chunk of the Catskills and put it on his roof. The Editors, Outside Online, 10 Nov. 2020

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Word History

First Known Use

1846, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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The first known use of gray birch was in 1846

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“Gray birch.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gray%20birch. Accessed 12 Oct. 2024.

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