HyperDic: red_birch

English > 1 sense of the expression *red birch*:
NOUN	plant	red birch, black birch, river birch, Betula nigra	birch of swamps and river bottoms throughout the eastern United States having reddish-brown bark

English > *red birch*: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
Meaning	birch of swamps and river bottoms throughout the eastern United States having reddish-brown bark.
Synonyms	black birch, river birch, Betula nigra
Member of	Betula, genus Betula	A genus of trees of the family Betulaceae (such as birches)
Broader	birch, birch tree	Any betulaceous tree or shrub of the genus Betula having a thin peeling bark