noun
- Common birch of the eastern United States having spicy brown bark yielding a volatile oil and hard dark wood used for furniture.
- synonyms: sweet birch, cherry birch, Betula lenta
- Birch of swamps and river bottoms throughout the eastern United States having reddish-brown bark.
- synonyms: river birch, red birch, Betula nigra
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