larch

[ lahrch ]

noun

1. any coniferous tree of the genus Larix, yielding a tough durable wood.
2. the wood of such a tree.

larch

/ lɑːtʃ /

noun

1. any coniferous tree of the genus Larix, having deciduous needle-like leaves and egg-shaped cones: family Pinaceae
2. the wood of any of these trees

Other Words From

• larcher adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of larch¹

1540–50; earlier larche < Middle High German ≪ Latin laric- (stem of larix ) larch

Word History and Origins

Origin of larch¹

C16: from German Lärche, ultimately from Latin larix

Example Sentences

It was time to marvel again at the aspens and larches in the West or the kaleidoscopic swirl of maples and oaks in the East.

From Outside Online

While most of Central Oregon is swathed in ponderosa pine and juniper, the greater Sisters area also boasts an abundance of aspens and western larch trees that are ablaze in color each fall.

From Outside Online

It’s about history and Meriwether Lewis and how larch trees grew to be giants.

From Washington Post

Their house sits in a thick forest of larches, firs, and pines overlooking a rolling meadow where elk graze in the spring.

From Outside Online

A little distance off, the feathery branches of a larch waved softly to and fro in the scarcely perceptible night-breeze.

From Project Gutenberg

The darkness drew her, and she thought of climbing the hill and plunging into the depths of the larch-wood above the pasture.

From Project Gutenberg

His duties keep him at present at the Larch-tree hacienda, where there is going to be a grand hunt in a few days.

From Project Gutenberg

Construction: diagonal principle, Dantzic oak without, horizontal planking of Italian larch.

From Project Gutenberg

And so, as that stronghold was called Larignum, the wood was called larch.

From Project Gutenberg