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Definition of Black 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.

2. Noun. Birch of swamps and river bottoms throughout the eastern United States having reddish-brown bark.

Definition of Black 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

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Black Birch

black bead black beans black bear black bearberry black bears black bee black beech black beetle black beetles black belt

black belts black bile black bindweed black birch (current term) black bloc black bodies black body black book black box black box warning

black boxes black bread black bream black brotus black bryony black buck black buffalo black cab

Literary usage of Black 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 birch, for example, is clothed with a dark-colored bark, ... The Black Birch is also named the Cherry Birch, from the resemblance of the tree to ..."

2. A Year Among the Trees: Or, The Woods and By-ways of New England by Wilson Flagg (1881)
"The black birch, for example, is clothed with a dark-colored bark, ... The Black Birch is also named the Cherry Birch, from the resemblance of the tree to ..."

3. Correspondence Concerning Claims Against Great Britain: Transmitted to the by United States Dept. of State (1870)
"... that between the stern itself and the aft cross-beams there is a transverse piece of wood (black birch) eleven inches deep and four and a half inches ..."

4. The Farm Woodlot: A Handbook of Forestry for the Farmer and the Student in by John Philip Wentling, Edward Gheen Cheyney (1914)
"WINTERGREEN OIL FROM black birch The bark of the black or cherry birch (Betula lento) contains a pleasant flavored aromatic oil which is almost identical ..."

5. Trees and Tree-planting by James Sanks Brisbin (1888)
"black birch.—Its Usual Height.—Its Wood Described. — Where Found.—Seed, when Ripe.— Yellow Birch.—Where it Thrives.—Height and General Characteristics. ..."

6. Studies of Trees in Winter: A Description of the Deciduous Trees of by Annie Oakes Huntington (1902)
"The catkins are larger round than those of the black birch. This is in every way a worthy sister tree of the black birch, and the rich yellow of the trunk, ..."

7. Trees in Winter: Their Study, Planting, Care and Identification by Albert Francis Blakeslee, Chester Deacon Jarvis (1913)
"2-4 cm. long and about 2 mm. wide and relatively wider than fruit of black birch; scales downy on the back and edges, 8-10 mm. long, longer than broad, ..."

8. The Woods and By-ways of New England by Wilson Flagg (1872)
"The black birch, for example, is clothed with a dark-colored bark, ... The Black Birch is also named the Cherry Birch, from the resemblance of the tree to ..."

9. A Year Among the Trees: Or, The Woods and By-ways of New England by Wilson Flagg (1881)
"The black birch, for example, is clothed with a dark-colored bark, ... The Black Birch is also named the Cherry Birch, from the resemblance of the tree to ..."

10. Correspondence Concerning Claims Against Great Britain: Transmitted to the by United States Dept. of State (1870)
"... that between the stern itself and the aft cross-beams there is a transverse piece of wood (black birch) eleven inches deep and four and a half inches ..."

11. The Farm Woodlot: A Handbook of Forestry for the Farmer and the Student in by John Philip Wentling, Edward Gheen Cheyney (1914)
"WINTERGREEN OIL FROM black birch The bark of the black or cherry birch (Betula lento) contains a pleasant flavored aromatic oil which is almost identical ..."

12. Trees and Tree-planting by James Sanks Brisbin (1888)
"black birch.—Its Usual Height.—Its Wood Described. — Where Found.—Seed, when Ripe.— Yellow Birch.—Where it Thrives.—Height and General Characteristics. ..."

13. Studies of Trees in Winter: A Description of the Deciduous Trees of by Annie Oakes Huntington (1902)
"The catkins are larger round than those of the black birch. This is in every way a worthy sister tree of the black birch, and the rich yellow of the trunk, ..."

14. Trees in Winter: Their Study, Planting, Care and Identification by Albert Francis Blakeslee, Chester Deacon Jarvis (1913)
"2-4 cm. long and about 2 mm. wide and relatively wider than fruit of black birch; scales downy on the back and edges, 8-10 mm. long, longer than broad, ..."

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