birch

nouns

hard close-grained wood of any of various birch trees; used especially in furniture and interior finishes and plywood

birch

is made of

any betulaceous tree or shrub of the genus Betula having a thin peeling bark

is a type of (narrower)

the hard fibrous lignified substance under the bark of trees

any betulaceous tree or shrub of the genus Betula having a thin peeling bark

birch, birch tree

a switch consisting of a twig or a bundle of twigs from a birch tree; used to hit people as punishment

"my father never spared the birch"

birch, birch rod

whip with a birch twig

birch

is a type of (narrower)

beat severely with a whip or rod

"The teacher often flogged the students"; "The children were severely trounced"

consisting of or made of wood of the birch tree

birch, birchen, birken