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cherry birches

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sweet birch

 
–noun
a North American tree, Betula lenta, having smooth, blackish bark and twigs that are a source of methyl salicylate.
Also called black birch, cherry birch.

Origin:
1775–85, Americanism
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Main Entry: sweet birch
Function: noun
: a common birch (Betula lenta) of the eastern U.S. that has hard dark-colored wood and spicy brown bark from which birchoil is obtained
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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