meaning of birch
1. To whip with a birch rod or twig; to flog.
2. A tree of several species, constituting the genus Betula; as, the white or common birch (B. alba) (also called silver birch and lady birch); the dwarf birch (B. glandulosa); the paper or canoe birch (B. papyracea); the yellow birch (B. lutea); the black or cherry birch (B. lenta).
3. The wood or timber of the birch.
4. A birch twig or birch twigs, used for flogging.
5. A birch-bark canoe.
6. Of or pertaining to the birch; birchen.
7. bundle of birch twigs used to hit people as punishment
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