red birch
noun
Origin of red birch
1An Americanism dating back to 1775–85
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How to use red birch in a sentence
Birch is commercially divided, according to the quantity of heartwood present, into white birch and red birch.
The Principal Species of Wood: Their Characteristic Properties | Charles H. (Charles Henry) SnowThe first bird seen in the woods was a white-breasted nuthatch, working on the trunk of a red birch on the river bottom.
Some Winter Days in Iowa | Frederick John LazellOutside of Indiana it is known as red birch and river birch.
Trees of Indiana | Charles Clemon DeamA number of stocks of red birch, white birch and scrub oak grafted with European hazels and chinkapins, but the grafts all died.
A great hive of maggots, a brown clot, in the arms of a red birch, broke as Manuel swung the knife.
When the Owl Cries | Paul Bartlett
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