1. Common birch of the eastern United States having spicy brown bark yielding a volatile oil and hard dark wood used for furniture
   "The cherry birch's wintergreen-scented bark was once used for flavouring";
   - sweet birch, black birch, Betula lenta

Derived forms: cherry birches

Type of: birch, birch tree

Part of: Betula, genus Betula

Encyclopedia: Cherry birch