birch tree

collocation in English

meaningsofbirchandtree

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birch
noun
uk
/bɜːtʃ/us
/bɝːtʃ/
a tree with smooth, often white bark (= outer covering) and ...
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tree
noun[C]
uk
/triː/us
/triː/
a tall plant that has a wooden trunk and branches that grow from its ...
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(Definition ofbirchandtreefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Smallbirchtreein foreground is about 1 m high.
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The expression ' 'thebirchtreeis standing in the corner of the yard' ' seems to imply an ongoing activity, rather than a state.
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Then they went to the magicalbirchtreeand got treasures and gifts.
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The following types of trees dominate:birchtree, conifers, lime, oak, and maple.
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Berkemeyers were originally carved frombirchtreebranches ("berkemei") and were provided with lids.
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Much of the mall's design incorporates the leaves of thebirchtree.
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The airline used the call-sign beryoza (birchtree).
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Potka consists of fresh leaves from the whitebirchtree, and these are placed in water, together with eggs, and the water is then used to wash children.
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These, often elegant canoes, were not dugouts, but were made of a wooden frame covered with bark of abirchtree, pitched to make it waterproof.
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One- or two-storey detached houses are scattered among existing groves of birch trees.
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Ivan, meanwhile, sits beside abirchtreeand plays on his recorder.
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Frost once told it was almost sacrilegious climbing abirchtreetill it bent, till it gave and swooped to the ground, but that's what boys did in those days.
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On top of a bank by the station there were 14 beautiful silver birch trees.
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In addition, there are unproductive scrub areas with briars, gorse and birch trees.
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We have oak trees, fir trees, birch trees, yew trees and so on.
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Somebody, somewhere who had no idea of the beauty that those 14 birch trees created in that village station had given those instructions.
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