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Definition of B papyracea

B papyracea
Birch Birch (b[~e]rch), n.; pl. Birches (-[e^]z). [OE. birche, birk, AS. birce, beorc; akin to Icel. bj["o]rk, Sw. bj["o]rk, Dan. birk, D. berk, OHG. piricha, MHG. birche, birke, G. birke, Russ. bereza, Pol. brzoza, Serv. breza, Skr. bh[=u]rja. [root]254. Cf. 1st Birk.] 1. A tree of several species, constituting the genus Betula; as, the white or common birch (B. alba) (also called silver birch and lady birch); the dwarf birch (B. glandulosa); the paper or canoe birch (B. papyracea); the yellow birch (B. lutea); the black or cherry birch (B. lenta). 2. The wood or timber of the birch. 3. A birch twig or birch twigs, used for flogging. Note: The twigs of the common European birch (B. alba), being tough and slender, were formerly much used for rods in schools. They were also made into brooms. The threatening twigs of birch. --Shak. 4. A birch-bark canoe. Birch of Jamaica, a species (Bursera gummifera) of turpentine tree. Birch partridge. (Zo["o]l.) See Ruffed grouse. Birch wine, wine made of the spring sap of the birch. Oil of birch. (a) An oil obtained from the bark of the common European birch (Betula alba), and used in the preparation of genuine (and sometimes of the imitation) Russia leather, to which it gives its peculiar odor. (b) An oil prepared from the black birch (B. lenta), said to be identical with the oil of wintergreen, for which it is largely sold.

Meaning of B papyracea from wikipedia

- B. papyrifera hybridizes with other species within the genus Betula. Several varieties are recognized: B. p. var papyrifera the typical paper birch B...
- Bathybela papyracea is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Raphitomidae. This marine species occurs at seeps in the Mid America...
- karooica, B. lanata, B. lewisiana, B. melanops, B. namaquensis, B. papyracea, B. pauciflora, B. rubella, B. salteri, B. tritonioides and B. unguiculata). Eighteen...
- Burnupena papyracea, common name the papery burnupena, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc. The length of the s**** attains 60 mm, The...
- Daphne papyracea is a shrub, of the family Thymelaeaceae. It is evergreen, and is found across Asia, from ****stan through central Nepal to China. Generally...
- ranging from the West Indies to Brazil. Bieler R, Bouchet P, Gofas S, Marshall B, Rosenberg G, La Perna R, Neubauer TA, Sartori AF, Schneider S, Vos C, ter...
- size of an adult s**** varies between 40 mm and 50 mm. Very similar to B. papyracea. Also often covered with the encrusting bryozoan Alcyonidium nodosum...
- Industry Publishing House, Moscow, 385+ii pp. [Translated into English by B. S. Levitov, ed. by L. A. Burgess (1987), Cephalopods of the world. T. F....
- ) B.Nord. Pericallis murrayi (Bornm.) B.Nord. Pericallis papyracea (DC.) B.Nord. Pericallis steetzii (Bolle) B.Nord. Pericallis tussilaginis (L'Hér.)...
- Placuna papyracea Bruguière, 1792: synonym of Placuna quadrangula (Philipsson, 1788) Placuna planicostata Dunker, 1879: synonym of Placuna lobata G. B. Sowerby...