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black birch

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black birch
n.
1. See sweet birch.
2. See river birch.
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Noun1.black birch - common birch of the eastern United States having spicy brown bark yielding a volatile oil and hard dark wood used for furnitureblack birch - common birch of the eastern United States having spicy brown bark yielding a volatile oil and hard dark wood used for furniture
Betula, genus Betula - a genus of trees of the family Betulaceae (such as birches)
birch tree, birch - any betulaceous tree or shrub of the genus Betula having a thin peeling bark
2.black birch - birch of swamps and river bottoms throughout the eastern United States having reddish-brown barkblack birch - birch of swamps and river bottoms throughout the eastern United States having reddish-brown bark
Betula, genus Betula - a genus of trees of the family Betulaceae (such as birches)
birch tree, birch - any betulaceous tree or shrub of the genus Betula having a thin peeling bark


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