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}, {Betula
lenta}]
2: birch of swamps and river bottoms throughout the eastern
United States having reddish-brown bark [syn: {river birch},
{red birch}, {Betula nigra}]