silver birch

noun

noun

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):

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