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Birch vs Birchbark - What's the difference?

birch | birchbark |

As nouns the difference between birch and birchbark

is that birch is any of various trees of the genus betula , native to countries in the northern hemisphere while birchbark is the bark of the birch tree, especially the white bark of the paper birch, betula papyrifera .

As a verb birch

is to punish with a stick, bundle of twigs, or rod made of birch wood.

birch

English

(wikipedia birch)

Noun

(es)
  • any of various trees of the genus Betula , native to countries in the Northern Hemisphere.
  • a hard wood taken from the birch tree, typically used to make furniture.
  • a stick, rod or bundle of twigs made from birch wood, used for punishment.
  • A birch-bark canoe.

    • Derived terms

    * birch beer * birch bolete * birch bracket * birchlike * birch of Jamaica * * (l) * birch wine * birchy * (l) * cherry birch * (l) * oil of birch * paper birch * river birch * silver birch * (l) * yellow birch

    Verb

    (es)
  • to punish with a stick, bundle of twigs, or rod made of birch wood.
  • to punish as though one were using a stick, bundle of twigs, or rod made of birch wood.

    • Derived terms

    * birchen * birch wood

    birchbark

    English

    Noun

  • The bark of the birch tree, especially the white bark of the paper birch, Betula papyrifera .
  • A piece of this bark, formerly used for writing on.