HyperDic: betula_lenta

English > 1 sense of the expression Betula lenta:
NOUNplantBetula lenta, sweet birch, cherry birch, black birchcommon birch of the eastern United States having spicy brown bark yielding a volatile oil and hard dark wood used for furniture
English > Betula lenta: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
Meaningcommon birch of the eastern United States having spicy brown bark yielding a volatile oil and hard dark wood used for furniture.
Synonymssweet birch, cherry birch, black birch
Member ofBetula, genus BetulaA genus of trees of the family Betulaceae (such as birches)
Broaderbirch, birch treeAny betulaceous tree or shrub of the genus Betula having a thin peeling bark

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