black birch

black birch

n.

1. See sweet birch.

2. See river birch.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	black birch - common birch of the eastern United States having spicy brown bark yielding a volatile oil and hard dark wood used for furniture Betula lenta, cherry birch, sweet birch 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 bark Betula nigra, red birch, river birch 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