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birchbark \birch"bark`\ n.
a canoe made with the bark of a birch tree.
Syn: birchbark canoe. [WordNet 1.5]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
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birchbark canoe — noun a canoe made with the bark of a birch tree • Syn: ↑birchbark, ↑birch bark • Hypernyms: ↑canoe … Useful english dictionary
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