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Definition of Sweet 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.
Group relationships: Betula, Genus Betula
Generic synonyms: Birch, Birch Tree
Definition of Sweet 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 Sweet Birch
Literary usage of Sweet birch
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Bulletin by United States Bureau of Plant Industry, Division of Plant Industry, Queensland (1911)
"The distillation of the oils of wintergreen and sweet birch is a further example
of wild aromatic plants furnishing oils in sufficient quantities to supply ..."
2. Johnson's Materials of Construction by John Butler Johnson, Morton Owen Withey (1919)
"Yellow and sweet birch are found in the region east of the Mississippi River and
north of the Gulf States, also in Southeastern Canada; Wisconsin, ..."
3. Johnson's Materials of Construction by John Butler Johnson (1918)
"Yellow and sweet birch are found in the region east of the Mississippi River and
north of the Gulf States, also in Southeastern Canada; Wisconsin, ..."
4. Cyclopedia of American Agriculture: A Popular Survey of Agricultural by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1907)
"sweet birch (Ret-ula lenta). the inner lining of which is sweet and aromatic when
... The bark of the sweet birch (cherry birch or black birch) yields on ..."
5. Bulletin by United States Bureau of Plant Industry, Division of Plant Industry, Queensland (1911)
"The distillation of the oils of wintergreen and sweet birch is a further example
of wild aromatic plants furnishing oils in sufficient quantities to supply ..."
6. Johnson's Materials of Construction by John Butler Johnson, Morton Owen Withey (1919)
"Yellow and sweet birch are found in the region east of the Mississippi River and
north of the Gulf States, also in Southeastern Canada; Wisconsin, ..."
7. Johnson's Materials of Construction by John Butler Johnson (1918)
"Yellow and sweet birch are found in the region east of the Mississippi River and
north of the Gulf States, also in Southeastern Canada; Wisconsin, ..."
8. Cyclopedia of American Agriculture: A Popular Survey of Agricultural by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1907)
"sweet birch (Ret-ula lenta). the inner lining of which is sweet and aromatic when
... The bark of the sweet birch (cherry birch or black birch) yields on ..."
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