paper birch

noun

: a North American birch (Betula papyrifera) with peeling white bark and toothed ovate leaves

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Crape myrtles, sycamores, paper birches and a few other species just happen to do it in large sheets of paper-thin bark. — Neil Sperry, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 7 June 2024 Paras, his father, and his lawyer walked across the street from the prosecutor’s office into a small park of paper birch trees in front of the Anchorage Museum. — Andy Greenberg, WIRED, 14 Nov. 2023

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1791, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of paper birch was in 1791

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paper birch

noun
: a North American birch with white bark that peels off the tree easily

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