Birch - Definition

adj 1: consisting of or made of wood of the birch tree [syn:
birch, birchen, birken]
n 1: hard close-grained wood of any of various birch trees; used
especially in furniture and interior finishes and plywood
2: any betulaceous tree or shrub of the genus Betula having a
thin peeling bark [syn: birch, birch tree]
3: a switch consisting of a twig or a bundle of twigs from a
birch tree; used to hit people as punishment; "my father
never spared the birch" [syn: birch, birch rod]
v 1: whip with a birch twig