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WESTERN BIRCH
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Birch of western United States resembling the paper birch but having brownish bark
Synonyms:
Betula fontinalis; mountain birch; swamp birch; water birch; Western birch; Western paper birch
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Hypernyms ("Western birch" is a kind of...):
birch; birch tree (any betulaceous tree or shrub of the genus Betula having a thin peeling bark)
Holonyms ("Western birch" is a member of...):
Betula; genus Betula (a genus of trees of the family Betulaceae (such as birches))