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black birch
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Word History and Origins
Origin of black birch1
An Americanism dating back to 1665–75
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Example Sentences
I feel sure that John Burroughs appreciates black birch, being, as he is, one of the survivals of the fittest!
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For seven days these men had had nothing for food but roots and black birch bark.
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He was so hungry that he sat down with his back against a big black birch, and clasping both hands over his lean stomach, he wept.
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Coming nearer we smelled black birch burning, and we saw the long thread of aromatic smoke mounting steadily to the paling stars.
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The leaves of the sassafras are full of spice, and the bark of the black-birch twigs holds a fine cordial.
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