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Definition of Cherry birch

1. Noun. Common birch of the eastern United States having spicy brown bark yielding a volatile oil and hard dark wood used for furniture.

Definition of Cherry birch

1. Noun. A tree of the species Betula lenta, with a dark bark resembling a cherry tree's and an aromatic bark and sap used for birch beer. ¹

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Lexicographical Neighbors of Cherry Birch

Literary usage of Cherry birch

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Woods and By-ways of New England by Wilson Flagg (1872)
"THE BLACK OR cherry birch. THE epithets "black," "white," "red," and "yellow ... The Black Birch is also named the cherry birch, from the resemblance of the ..."

2. Problems of the Finishing Room: A Reference and Formula Manual for Furniture by Walter Karl Schmidt (1916)
"... BEAUTIFUL IMITATION OF CHERRY. BIRCH CAN BE FUMED. slightly stained, and given a coat of orange shellac and dark varnish, produces a beautiful brown. ..."

3. Our Trees, how to Know Them by Clarence Moores Weed (1918)
"It is the cherry birch because of the general resemblance of the tree to the Cherry. In addition to the black, comparatively smooth bark of the trunk this ..."

4. Wood and Other Organic Structural Materials by Charles Henry Snow (1917)
"Black Birch (NH, Vt., Mass., Sweet Birch, cherry birch. ... The name cherry birch is due to the bark, the appearance of which suggests that of the Cherry ..."

5. The Tree Book: A Popular Guide to a Knowledge of the Trees of North America by Julia Ellen Rogers (1905)
"The cherry birch has several common names ... The wood of cherry birch is stained to imitate mahogany and cherry. This is a pity, for it has character of ..."

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