birk

(bûrk)

[Middle English, from Old English birce; see birch.]

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birk

(bɪrk; bɜːk)

1. a birch tree

2. (Forestry) (plural) a birch wood

adj

consisting or made of birch

[C14: from Old Norse; compare birch]

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