yellow birch

American  

noun

1. a North American birch, Betula alleghaniensis (orB. lutea ), having yellowish or silvery gray bark.

2. the hard, light, reddish-brown wood of this tree, used in the construction of furniture, buildings, boxes, etc.

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Etymology

Origin of yellow birch

First recorded in 1765–75

Example Sentences

The mountains here have been gouged by heavy machinery and stripped of sugar maples, yellow birches and other trees native to this stretch of Mineral County.

From Washington Post

The snow was cold enough to creak and shiver beneath my skis, and the yellow birch forest strained the morning sunshine into silvered lines of shadow.

From Washington Post

When the rampant curlicues that satisfied Victorians’ taste for organic decoration went out of fashion, the company abandoned rattan and made art deco-inspired pieces out of yellow birch wood.

From Seattle Times

If you live high in the Appalachians or in northern latitudes, you could turn to a few native species of birch, the gray birch, the sweet birch and the yellow birch.

From Washington Post

And when he got there, he found Lizzie sitting on the edge of the leap, holding a curl of yellow birch bark.

From Literature