verger — meaning in English

English meaning

• birch noun A tree with thin, often pale, peeling bark, common across the Northern Hemisphere.
• orchard noun A piece of land planted with fruit or nut trees, or the trees growing there.

Senses

verger is used for these senses in English:

• birch (transitive) To punish with a stick, bundle of twigs, or rod made of birch wood.
• orchard A garden or an area of land for the cultivation of fruit or nut trees.

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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