European larch

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.

Word History and Origins

Origin of European larch¹

An Americanism dating back to 1860–65

Example Sentences

Upon five acres of this land Mr. French planted fifteen thousand European Larch.

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