birches

'birches'

[birch.n.01] as in: hard close-grained wood of any of various birch trees; used especially in furniture and interior finishes and plywood

'birches'

[birch.n.02] as in: any betulaceous tree or shrub of the genus Betula having a thin peeling bark

'birches'

[birch.n.03] as in: a switch consisting of a twig or a bundle of twigs from a birch tree; used to hit people as punishment

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Examples:
my father never spared the birch

'birches'

[birch.v.01] as in: whip with a birch twig