Meanings
plural black birches
- 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.
Synonyms: cherry birch, sweet birch
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA 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.
More synonyms by meaning
nouncommon birch of the eastern United States having spicy brown bark yielding a volatile oil and hard dark wood used for furniture
nounbirch of swamps and river bottoms throughout the eastern United States having reddish-brown bark
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
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black birch. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/black%20birch
“black birch.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/black%20birch. Accessed November 4, 2026.
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