European larch

American  

noun

1. a pine tree, Larix decidua, of northern and central Europe, having slender, yellow-gray branchlets and oval cones with downy scales, grown for timber and as an ornamental.

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Etymology

Origin of European larch

An Americanism dating back to 1860–65

Example Sentences

The European larch and the tamarack are examples of deciduous conifers.

From Textbooks • Apr. 25, 2013

Those that I have had the best luck with are balsam fir, cottonwood roots, tamarack, European larch, red cedar, white cedar, Oregon cedar, basswood, cypress, and sometimes second-growth white pine.

From Boy Scouts Handbook The First Edition, 1911 by Boy Scouts of America

Something like thirty years ago a few trees of black spruce, a few trees of European larch and a few trees of balsam fir were planted here.

From Trees, Fruits and Flowers of Minnesota, 1916 Embracing the Transactions of the Minnesota State Horticultural Society,Volume 44, from December 1, 1915, to December 1, 1916, Including the Twelve Numbers of "The Minnesota Horticulturist" for 1916 by Latham, A. W.

For this purpose four-year-old plants were used, of the following species Norway pine, Norway spruce, white spruce, white pine, European larch and Scotch pine.

From New York at the Louisiana Purchase Exposition, St. Louis 1904 Report of the New York State Commission by Ellis, DeLancey M.

The European larch, Larix decidua Mill., may be distinguished from the native species by having slightly longer leaves and larger cones that are more than an inch long.

From Forest Trees of Illinois How to Know Them by Fuller George D.