Aspen vs. Birch

Aspenadjective

Pertaining to the asp or aspen tree.

Aspenadjective

(obsolete) Tremulous, trembling.

Aspenadjective

(obsolete) Of a woman's tongue: wagging, gossiping.

Aspennoun

The asp tree; a kind of poplar tree (genus Populus sect. Populus). A medium-size tree with thin, straight trunks of a greenish-white color.

Aspennoun

(uncountable) The wood of such a tree; usually pale, lightweight and soft.

Aspennoun

One of several species of poplar bearing this name, especially the Populus tremula, so called from the trembling of its leaves, which move with the slightest impulse of the air.

Aspenadjective

Of or pertaining to the aspen, or resembling it; made of aspen wood.

Aspennoun

any of several trees of the genus Populus having leaves on flattened stalks so that they flutter in the lightest wind

Aspen

Aspen is a common name for certain tree species; some, but not all, are classified by botanists in the section Populus, of the Populus genus.

Birchnoun

Any of various trees of the genus Betula, native to countries in the Northern Hemisphere.

Birchnoun

A hard wood taken from the birch tree, typically used to make furniture.

Birchnoun

A stick, rod or bundle of twigs made from birch wood, used for punishment.

Birchnoun

A birch-bark canoe.

Birchverb

to punish with a stick, bundle of twigs, or rod made of birch wood.

Birchverb

to punish as though one were using a stick, bundle of twigs, or rod made of birch wood.

Birchnoun

A tree of several species, constituting the genus Betula; as, the white or common birch (Betula alba) (also called silver birch and lady birch); the dwarf birch (Betula glandulosa); the paper or canoe birch (Betula papyracea); the yellow birch (Betula lutea); the black or cherry birch (Betula lenta).

Birchnoun

The wood or timber of the birch.

Birchnoun

A birch twig or birch twigs, used for flogging.

Birchnoun

A birch-bark canoe.

Birchadjective

Of or pertaining to the birch; birchen.

Birchverb

To whip with a birch rod or twig; to flog.

Birchnoun

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

Birchnoun

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

Birchnoun

bundle of birch twigs used to hit people as punishment

Birchverb

whip with a birch twig

Birchadjective

consisting of or made of wood of the birch tree

Birch

A birch is a thin-leaved deciduous hardwood tree of the genus Betula (), in the family Betulaceae, which also includes alders, hazels, and hornbeams. It is closely related to the beech-oak family Fagaceae.