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noun
Any of several North American larches, of the genus Larix.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
Any of several North American larches, of the genus Larix.
especially, Larix laricina
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Synonyms: American larch, weeping hemlock, hackmatack, black larch, tamarak
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noun
Wood from such a tree.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
medium-sized larch of Canada and northern United States including Alaska having a broad conic crown and rust-brown scaly bark
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: American larch, black larch, Larix laricina
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: larch, larch tree
History
From Canadian French tamarac, believed to derive from an Algonquian word. In European languages there was contamination between tacamahac, from Nahuatl, and various Algonquian words containing the final Proto-Algonquian *-a·xkw- (“hardwood or deciduous tree”), including the sources of tamarack and hackmatack, as was already recognized by Chamberlain 1902. This makes the precise Algonquian words involved difficult to recover.
