koivu — meaning in English

English meaning

• birch noun A tree with thin, often pale, peeling bark, common across the Northern Hemisphere.

Senses

koivu is used for these senses in English:

• birch A hard wood taken from the birch tree, typically used to make furniture.
• birch A stick, rod or bundle of twigs made from birch wood, used for punishment.

birch — full definition

1. noun A tree with thin, often pale, peeling bark, common across the Northern Hemisphere.
2. noun A bundle of birch twigs formerly used as an instrument of corporal punishment.
3. verb To punish someone by beating them with a birch rod.

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