Noun black birch has 2 senses
  1. sweet birch, cherry birch, black birch, Betula lenta - common birch of the eastern United States having spicy brown bark yielding a volatile oil and hard dark wood used for furniture
    --1 is a kind of birch, birch tree
    --1 is a member of Betula, genus Betula
  2. black birch, river birch, red birch, Betula nigra - birch of swamps and river bottoms throughout the eastern United States having reddish-brown bark
    --2 is a kind of birch, birch tree
    --2 is a member of Betula, genus Betula
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