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(countable) A wood largely populated with birch trees (Betula spp.)..
Well, thought I, I had better let the dogs find the way, which I did, but when I came past some rocks down there, I saw an old witch right in front of some small birchwood with a cloth on her head, a leather jacket, and black skirt; she was leaning on a crutch-handled stick and looked like a woman from the country.
Use birch wood when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Birch wood means (countable) A wood largely populated with birch trees (Betula spp.)..
Common synonyms include birch.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Well, thought I, I had better let the dogs find the way, which I did, but when I came past some rocks down there, I saw an old witch right in front of some small birchwood with a cloth on her head, a leather jacket, and black skirt; she was leaning on a crutch-handled stick and looked like a woman from the country.
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