black birch
black birch · black birches
A tree of the species Betula lenta, with a dark bark resembling a cherry tree's and an…A tree of the species Betula lenta, with a dark bark resembling a cherry tree's and an aromatic bark and sap used for birch beer.
Meaning
1 sensesA tree of the species Betula lenta, with a dark bark resembling a cherry tree's and an aromatic bark and sap used for birch beer.
common birch of the eastern United States having spicy brown bark yielding a volatile oil and hard dark wood used for furniture
Forms
plural: black birches| Singular | black birch |
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regular
Synonyms
5 synonymsClose in meaning
- birch of swamps and river bottoms throughout the eastern United States having reddish-brown bark:river birchred birch
- common birch of the eastern United States having spicy brown bark yielding a volatile oil and hard dark wood used for furniture:sweet birchcherry birchBetula lenta