The Clue
Rod material (5 letter answer)
The Answer
BIRCH
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Notes
The answer BIRCH is rarely seen, appearing only about once every 1300 puzzles.
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Definition
BIRCH as a noun:
1. hard close-grained wood of any of various birch trees; used especially in furniture and interior finishes and plywood
2. (birch, birch tree) = any betulaceous tree or shrub of the genus Betula having a thin peeling bark
3. (birch, birch rod) = a switch consisting of a twig or a bundle of twigs from a birch tree; used to hit people as punishment; "my father never spared the birch"
BIRCH as a verb:
1. whip with a birch twig
BIRCH as an adjective:
1. (birch, birchen, birken) = consisting of or made of wood of the birch tree