black birch
n 1: common birch of the eastern United States having spicy
brown bark yielding a volatile oil and hard dark wood used
for furniture [syn: {sweet birch}, {cherry birch}, {black
birch}, {Betula lenta}]
2: birch of swamps and river bottoms throughout the eastern
United States having reddish-brown bark [syn: {black birch},
{river birch}, {red birch}, {Betula nigra}]