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

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European larch

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

From Textbooks ● Apr. 25, 2013

The College is raising red oak, black walnut, oriental sycamore, sugar maple, elm, hackberry, snowdrop tree, Juneberry, hickory, European larch, Norway maple and box elder for this purpose.

From Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the Twelfth Annual Meeting Lancaster, Pennsylvania, October 6 and 7, 1921 by Northern Nut Growers Association

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

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.

In cultivation the American species is too sparse of limb and foliage to compete with the more luxuriant European larch, yet it is often planted.

From Trees Worth Knowing by Rogers, Julia Ellen