Noun: birch family
- Monoecious trees and shrubs (including the genera Betula and Alnus and Carpinus and Corylus and Ostrya and Ostryopsis)
"Many species in the birch family are important timber trees";
- Betulaceae, family Betulaceae
Derived forms: birch families
Type of: hamamelid dicot family
Part of: Fagales, order Fagales
Encyclopedia: Birch family