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

European larch has also been very successful in many regions, but, unlike most conifers, it sheds its leaves in winter.

From Practical Forestry in the Pacific Northwest Protecting Existing Forests and Growing New Ones, from the Standpoint of the Public and That of the Lumberman, with an Outline of Technical Methods by Allen, Edward Tyson

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.

Four beds were given to two-year-old plants—Norway 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.