BLACK BIRCH

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does black birch mean? 

• BLACK BIRCH (noun)
  The noun BLACK BIRCH has 2 senses:

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

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

  Familiarity information: BLACK BIRCH used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BLACK BIRCH (noun)

Sense 1

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 ("black birch" is a kind of...):

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

Holonyms ("black birch" is a member of...):

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

Sense 2

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Betula nigra; black birch; red birch; river birch

Hypernyms ("black birch" is a kind of...):

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

Holonyms ("black birch" is a member of...):

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