silver birch

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Noun

silver birch (plural silver birches)

  1. A European deciduous tree, Betula pendula, characterised by white peeling bark and drooping branches.
    • 1950 July, “Traveller's Joy”, in Railway Magazine, page ii (advertisement):
      The taproots of trees like the false acacia, growing between Park Royal and Alperton, thrust deeply into the ground, while the spreading roots of the silver birch stitch the soil.

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