HyperDic: betula_nigra

English > 1 sense of the expression Betula nigra:
NOUNplantBetula nigra, black birch, river birch, red birchbirch of swamps and river bottoms throughout the eastern United States having reddish-brown bark
English > Betula nigra: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
Meaningbirch of swamps and river bottoms throughout the eastern United States having reddish-brown bark.
Synonymsblack birch, river birch, red 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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