black birch
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of black birch
An Americanism dating back to 1665–75
Example Sentences
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Notably, eastern forests today have more species such as red maple, black birch, tulip poplar and blackgum than they did in the early 20th century.
From Salon • Nov. 3, 2021
Milton served smoked venison, drizzled with a sauce made of malted sassafras and black birch syrup, and smoked collard greens.
From Washington Post • Mar. 28, 2016
On the barren slope above Blackjack Mine, Bracky Baldridge owned a garden patch, a shack with puncheon floors, a black birch tree.
From Time Magazine Archive
The most common example of this group is gaultherin, C14H18O8, which is found in the bark of the black birch and is a combination of glucose with methyl salicylate.
From The Chemistry of Plant Life by Thatcher, Roscoe Wilfred
An early morning wind was blowing fresh from the clover-fields, rose-gardens, and new-leafed black birch and sassafras.
From Seven Miles to Arden by Sawyer, Ruth
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