Japanese larch

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noun

a tree, Larix kaempferi, of Japan, having bluish-green leaves and egg-shaped cones.

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Origin of Japanese larch

First recorded in 1860–65

Words nearby Japanese larch

Japanese iris, Japanese ivy, Japanese knotweed, Japanese lacquer, Japanese lantern, Japanese larch, Japanese laurel, Japanese maple, Japanese mink, Japanese oyster, Japanese pagoda tree

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I think that there has been neglect and laxity in the matter of not driving out the Japanese.
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Likewise a large part of the Japanese have been expelled, so that for a long time there have not been so few of them here as now.
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