abedul

abedul.

(Del lat. *betūle o *betūlus, vars. de betulla).

1. m. Árbol de la familia de las Betuláceas, de unos diez metros de altura, con hojas pequeñas, puntiagudas y doblemente aserradas o dentadas, y dispuestas en ramillas colgantes que forman una copa de forma irregular que da escasa sombra. Abunda en los montes de Europa, y su corteza, que contiene un aceite esencial, se usa para curtir y aromatizar la piel de Rusia.

2. m. Madera de este árbol.
Fuente: Diccionario de la Real Academia Española

2. The wood or timber of the birch. [1913 Webster]

3. A birch twig or birch twigs, used for flogging. [1913 Webster]

Note: The twigs of the common European birch (B. alba), being tough and slender, were formerly much used for rods in
schools. They were also made into brooms.
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The threatening twigs of birch. --Shak. [1913 Webster]

4. A birch-bark canoe. [1913 Webster]

Birch of Jamaica, a species (Bursera gummifera) of turpentine tree.

Birch partridge. (Zo"ol.) See Ruffed grouse.

Birch wine, wine made of the spring sap of the birch.

Oil of birch. (a) An oil obtained from the bark of the common European
birch ({Betula alba}), and used in the preparation of
genuine (and sometimes of the imitation) Russia
leather, to which it gives its peculiar odor.
(b) An oil prepared from the black birch ({Betula lenta}),
said to be identical with the oil of wintergreen, for
which it is largely sold.
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Birch Birch, a. Of or pertaining to the birch; birchen.
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Birch Birch, v. t. & p. p. Birched (b[~ercht); p. pr. & vb. n. {Birching}.]
To whip with a birch rod or twig; to flog.
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Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English