- Birch Close
Birch Close is a village in
Dorset (southernEngland ) near toWimborne Minster .
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Birch — Taxobox name = Birch image width = 240px image caption = Silver Birch regnum = Plantae divisio = Magnoliophyta classis = Magnoliopsida ordo = Fagales familia = Betulaceae genus = Betula genus authority = L. subdivision ranks = Species subdivision … Wikipedia
birch — /berrch/, n. 1. any tree or shrub of the genus Betula, comprising species with a smooth, laminated outer bark and close grained wood. Cf. birch family. 2. the wood itself. 3. a birch rod, or a bundle of birch twigs, used esp. for whipping. adj. 4 … Universalium
Birch Aquarium — Infobox zoo zoo name=Birch Aquarium at Scripps image caption=Birch Aquarium at Scripps date opened=1903 location=Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, San Diego, California, USA members=AZA num… … Wikipedia
birch — I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English beorc; akin to Old High German birka birch, Old English beorht bright, and probably to Latin fraxinus ash tree more at bright Date: before 12th century 1. any of a genus (Betula of the family… … New Collegiate Dictionary
birch — /bɜtʃ / (say berch) noun 1. any tree or shrub of the genus Betula, comprising species with a smooth, laminated outer bark and close grained wood. 2. the wood itself. 3. any of various unrelated trees with similar timbers, such as the Norfolk… …
birch — [[t]bɜrtʃ[/t]] n. 1) pln any tree or shrub of the genus Betula, comprising species with a smooth, laminated outer bark and close grained wood 2) pln the wood itself 3) a birch rod, or a bundle of birch twigs, used for whipping 4) fur Also,… … From formal English to slang
close-grained — adjective dense or compact in structure or texture, as a wood composed of small diameter cells close grained birch fine grained rock • Syn: ↑fine grained • Similar to: ↑fine … Useful english dictionary
John Birch Society — The John Birch Society is a political education and action organization founded by Robert W. Welch Jr. in Indianapolis, Indiana in 1958. The society does not endorse specific political candidates, but is frequently associated with traditionally… … Wikipedia
Land of the Silver Birch — is a traditional Canadian folk song set to the words of a poem by the 19th Century Six Nations poet E. Pauline Johnson. It is sometimes sung to keep time while canoeing, and sometimes sung at campfires in a round.Like most traditional songs the… … Wikipedia
Edna Birch — Infobox Emmerdale character 2 name=Edna Birch portrayer=Shirley Stelfox years=2000 mdash; born=Bda|1937|4|21|df=y death= home=Woodbine Cottage occupation=Retired family= spouse = Harold Birch sisters = Lily Butterfield nephews = Peter Birch great … Wikipedia
