BETULA LENTA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Betula lenta mean? 

• BETULA LENTA (noun)
  The noun BETULA LENTA has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: BETULA LENTA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BETULA LENTA (noun)

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Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Betula lenta; black birch; cherry birch; sweet birch

Hypernyms ("Betula lenta" is a kind of...):

birch; birch tree (any betulaceous tree or shrub of the genus Betula having a thin peeling bark)

Holonyms ("Betula lenta" is a member of...):

Betula; genus Betula (a genus of trees of the family Betulaceae (such as birches))