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black birch

DEFINITIONS OF: black birch

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n common birch of the eastern United States having spicy brown bark yielding a volatile oil and hard dark wood used for furniture

Synonyms:
Betula lenta, cherry birch, sweet birch
Type of:
birch, birch tree
any betulaceous tree or shrub of the genus Betula having a thin peeling bark

n birch of swamps and river bottoms throughout the eastern United States having reddish-brown bark

Synonyms:
Betula nigra, red birch, river birch
Type of:
birch, birch tree
any betulaceous tree or shrub of the genus Betula having a thin peeling bark
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