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DOWNY BIRCH
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
European birch with dull white to pale brown bark and somewhat drooping hairy branches
Synonyms:
Betula pubescens; downy birch; white birch
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("downy birch" is a kind of...):
birch; birch tree (any betulaceous tree or shrub of the genus Betula having a thin peeling bark)
Holonyms ("downy birch" is a member of...):
Betula; genus Betula (a genus of trees of the family Betulaceae (such as birches))