sweet birch

sweet birch

n.

1. An eastern North American birch (Betula lenta) having aromatic stems with brownish bark that does not peel into papery flakes.

2. The wood of this tree. Also called black birch, cherry birch.

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

sweet 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, black birch, cherry 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