black birch
1. common birch of the eastern United States having spicy brown bark yielding a volatile oil and hard dark wood used for furniture • Syn: sweet birch, cherry birch, Betula lenta • Hypernyms: birch, birch tree • Member Holonyms: Betula, genus Betula 2. birch of swamps and river bottoms throughout the eastern United States having reddish-brown bark • Syn: river birch, red birch, Betula nigra • Hypernyms: birch, birch tree • Member Holonyms: Betula, genus Betula
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