sweet birch

noun

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

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Also called black birch, cherry birch.

Origin of sweet birch

An Americanism dating back to 1775–85

Words nearby sweet birch

sweet almond, sweet almond oil, sweet alyssum, sweet basil, sweet bay, sweet birch, sweet cassava, sweet cherry, sweet chestnut, sweet cicely, sweet cider
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Example sentences from the Web for sweet birch

  • In the morning we made a fire of ozier, sweet-birch, cherry wood, and samphire.

    The Little Red Foot|Robert W. Chambers