Definition of Betula pendula

1. Noun. European birch with silvery white peeling bark and markedly drooping branches.

Exact synonyms: Common Birch, European White Birch, Silver Birch
Group relationships: Betula, Genus Betula
Generic synonyms: Birch, Birch Tree

Lexicographical Neighbors of Betula Pendula

Betti numbers
Bettongia
Betty
Betty Boop
Betty Friedan
Betty Naomi Friedan
Betula alleghaniensis
Betula cordifolia
Betula fontinalis
Betula glandulosa
Betula lenta
Betula leutea
Betula neoalaskana
Betula nigra
Betula papyrifera
Betula pendula (current term)
Betula populifolia
Betula pubescens
Betulaceae
Betz cells
Beulah
Beuren syndrome
Bevan
Bevan-Lewis cells
Bevans
Beveridge
Beverley
Beverly
Beverly Hills
Beverly Sills

Literary usage of Betula pendula

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Phytologist: A Popular Botanical Miscellany edited by George Luxford, Edward Newman (1844)
"... which had been published in Germany, as a distinct species, under the name of Betula pendula. And in the various editions of the ' British Flora,' we ..."

2. The Canadian Forester's Illustrated Guide by Jean-Charles Chapais (1885)
"Branch, leaves and seed— 43 Betula pendula laciniata—Cut-leaved weeping-birch 129 Betula pendula laciniata—seeds and calkin of weeping birch . ..."

3. Field Book of American Trees and Shrubs: A Concise Description of the by Ferdinand Schuyler Mathews (1915)
"... sharply toothed over a generally six-notched margin, more gracefully curved in contour than those of Betula pendula. Pistillate catkins f-ij inches long ..."

4. The Minnesota Horticulturist by Minnesota State Horticultural Society (1888)
"Betula pendula laciniata. Cut leaved weeping birch. One of the best of all weeping or pendulous trees, with finely dissected leaves and white bark. ..."

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