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

Along with these, at timber-line, are flexilis pine, balsam fir, arctic willow, dwarf black birch, and the restless little aspen.

From Wild Life on the Rockies by Mills, Enos Abijah

Bryant's line, "'The fragrant birch above him hung her tassels in the sky,' "was written of this same black birch.

From Among the Trees at Elmridge by Church, Ella Rodman