black birch

American  

noun

1. sweet birch.

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Etymology

Origin of black birch

An Americanism dating back to 1665–75

Example Sentences

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

Could anything be more delicious than the taste of black birch?

From Memoirs of an American Prima Donna by Kellogg, Clara Louise

Lew, meantime, had cleaned the fish and cut some black birch branches which he thrust through the fish lengthwise.

From The Young Wireless Operator—As a Fire Patrol The Story of a Young Wireless Amateur Who Made Good as a Fire Patrol by Theiss, Lewis E.