Meanings
nounsilver birch (plural silver birches)
plural silver birches
- A European deciduous tree, Betula pendula, characterised by white peeling bark and drooping branches.
The taproots of trees like the false acacia, growing between Park Royal and Alperton, thrust deeply into the ground, while the spreading roots of the silver birch stitch the soil.
1950 July, “Traveller's Joy”, in Railway Magazine, page ii (advertisement)
Synonyms & antonyms
nounEuropean birch with silvery white peeling bark and markedly drooping branches
Similar
common birchEuropean white birchBetula pendula
Broader
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Catalan bedoll comú
- bedoll comútree
Finnish rauduskoivu
- rauduskoivutree
French bouleau blanc
- bouleau blanctree
German Silberbirke
- Silberbirketree
Irish beith gheal
- beith ghealtree
Italian betulla verrucosa
- betulla verrucosatree
Scottish Gaelic beith dhubhach
- beith dhubhachtree
Turkish adi huş
- adi huştree
Welsh bedwen arian
- bedwen ariantree
Cite this entry
APA
silver birch. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/silver%20birch
MLA
“silver birch.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/silver%20birch. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “silver birch,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/silver%20birch.
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