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birchbark

birchbark noun: the bark of the birch tree, especially the white bark of the paper birch, Betula papyrifera.

Noun

birchbark (countable and uncountable, plural birchbarks)

  1. The bark of the birch tree, especially the white bark of the paper birch, Betula papyrifera.
  2. A piece of this bark, formerly used for writing on.

Forms of birchbark

pluralbirchbarks

Origin of birchbark

From birch + bark.

Questions about birchbark

What does birchbark mean?
Birchbark means the bark of the birch tree, especially the white bark of the paper birch, Betula papyrifera.
What part of speech is birchbark?
Birchbark is a noun.
What is the plural of birchbark?
The plural of birchbark is birchbarks.

Words near birchbark in the dictionary

  1. Birchalls
  2. Bircham
  3. Birchams
  4. Birchard
  5. Birchards
  6. birchbark
  7. birchbarks
  8. Birchden
  9. birched
  10. birchen
  11. bircher

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