black birch Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun common birch of the eastern United States having spicy brown bark yielding a volatile oil and hard dark wood used for furniture
    cherry birch; sweet birch; Betula lenta.
  2. noun birch of swamps and river bottoms throughout the eastern United States having reddish-brown bark
    river birch; red birch; Betula nigra.

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