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Definition of Betula
1. Noun. A genus of trees of the family Betulaceae (such as birches).
Generic synonyms: Hamamelid Dicot Genus
Group relationships: Betulaceae, Birch Family, Family Betulaceae
Member holonyms: Birch, Birch Tree, Betula Alleghaniensis, Betula Leutea, Yellow Birch, American White Birch, Betula Cordifolia, Betula Papyrifera, Canoe Birch, Paper Birch, Paperbark Birch, American Gray Birch, American Grey Birch, Betula Populifolia, Gray Birch, Grey Birch, Betula Pendula, Common Birch, European White Birch, Silver Birch, Betula Pubescens, Downy Birch, White Birch, Betula Nigra, Black Birch, Red Birch, River Birch, Betula Lenta, Black Birch, Cherry Birch, Sweet Birch, Betula Neoalaskana, Yukon White Birch, Betula Fontinalis, Mountain Birch, Swamp Birch, Water Birch, Western Birch, Western Paper Birch, American Dwarf Birch, Betula Glandulosa, Newfoundland Dwarf Birch
Medical Definition of Betula
1. European white birch, bark and leaves of Betula alba (family Betulaceae); native to Europe, northern Asia, and North America, north of Pennsylvania. It contains betulin (betula camphor), betuloresinic acid, volatile oil, saponins, betulol (sesquiterpine alcohol), apigenin, dimethyl ether, betuloside, gaultherin, methyl salicylate, and ascorbic acid; has odour of wintergreen and is used as a pharmaceutic aid (flavor/aromatic). (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Betula
Literary usage of Betula
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Psyche: A Journal of Entomology by Cambridge Entomological Club (1890)
"My attention was first drawn to the number of insects which feed upon plants of
the genus betula when I set out to make a collection illustrating the ..."
2. Companion to the Botanical Magazine by Sir William Jackson Hooker (1835)
"In the ninth stage we meet with larger species, and belonging to other Natural
Orders, Pyrus Aucuparia, Calluna vulgaris, betula alba, В. папа, ..."
3. English Botany; Or, Coloured Figures of British Plants, with Their Essential ...by Sir James Edward Smith, James Sowerby by Sir James Edward Smith, James Sowerby (1801)
"Leaves roundish, somewhat wedge-shaped, waved, serrated, glutinous ; downy at
the branching of the veins beneath. SYN. betula Abus. Linn. S/). Pi. 1394, «. ..."
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