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Noun: gray birch  grey burch
Usage: US (elsewhere: grey birch)
  1. Medium-sized birch of eastern North America having white or pale grey bark and valueless wood; occurs often as a second-growth forest tree
    "gray birch quickly colonized the abandoned field"; "American gray birch quickly colonized the abandoned field";
    - grey birch [Brit, Cdn], American grey birch [Brit, Cdn], American gray birch [US], Betula populifolia

Derived forms: gray birches

Type of: birch, birch tree

Part of: Betula, genus Betula

Encyclopedia: Gray birch