"silver birch" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: silver birches [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} silver birch (plural silver birches)
  1. A European deciduous tree, Betula pendula, characterised by white peeling bark and drooping branches. Wikipedia link: Silver Birch Categories (lifeform): Birch family plants Translations (tree): bedoll comú [masculine] (Catalan), rauduskoivu (Finnish), bouleau blanc [masculine] (French), Silberbirke [feminine] (German), beith gheal [feminine] (Irish), bouôlias [masculine] (Norman), beith dhubhach [feminine] (Scottish Gaelic), adi huş (Turkish), bedwen arian [feminine] (Welsh)

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