sweet birch

noun

a North American tree, Betula lenta, having smooth, blackish bark and twigs that are a source of methyl salicylate.

Origin of sweet birch

An Americanism dating back to 1775–85

Also called black birch, cherry birch.

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In the morning we made a fire of ozier, sweet-birch, cherry wood, and samphire.
The Little Red Foot
Robert W. Chambers