单词 | black birch |
释义 | black birchn. Chiefly North American. Any of several North American birch trees with dark coloured bark, esp. the sweet birch, Betula lenta of eastern North America, and B. occidentalis of western areas. Also: the timber of any of these trees. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > tree or shrub groups > birch and allies > [noun] bircha700 birch-tree1530 weeping birch1606 Our Lady's tree1608 black birch1674 sugar-birch1751 white birch1766 red birch1774 yellow birch1774 paper birch1791 canoe birch1810 mountain mahogany1810 old field birch1810 mahogany birch1813 towai1845 river birch1846 kamahi1867 silver birch1884 wire birch1899 1674 J. Josselyn Acct. Two Voy. 69 The Birch-tree is of two kinds, ordinary Birch, and black Birch. 1711 in Boston Town Rec. (1883) III. 86 A black burch on the Side of a Swamp. 1760 Ann. Reg. 1759 58/2 The timber on the whole is beech, black birch, ash, oak, pine, fir, &c. 1832 D. J. Browne Sylva Americana 118 Wherever it grows in the United States, it is known by the name of Black Birch. 1854 Putnam's Monthly Mag. May 539/2 Like the whole genus to which is belongs, the black birch is a most graceful and ornamental tree. 1906 Wood Craft Mar. 226/1 The hubs are made from black birch found in New York and Pennsylvania. 1957 M. Hadfield Brit. Trees 174 The wood of some birches..produces wood alcohol. For this purpose the sweet or black birch..of the north-eastern U.S.A. is much used. 2004 J. Molloy Day & Overnight Hikes i. 31 The dark-brown-to-black bark of the black birch is somewhat shiny. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1674 |
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