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sweet birch
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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, sweet alyssum, sweet-and-sour, sweet basil, sweet bay, sweet birch, sweetbread, sweetbrier, sweet cherry, sweet chestnut, sweet cicely
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