larch
Americannoun
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any coniferous tree of the genus Larix, yielding a tough durable wood.
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the wood of such a tree.
noun
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any coniferous tree of the genus Larix, having deciduous needle-like leaves and egg-shaped cones: family Pinaceae
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the wood of any of these trees
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Etymology
Origin of larch
1540–50; earlier larche < Middle High German ≪ Latin laric- (stem of larix ) larch
Example Sentences
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Mr. Haugen has worked for more than half of his 52 years as a fire lookout, scanning the larch and pine wilderness from a one-room mountaintop cabin.
From New York Times • Sep. 6, 2023
Even the larch wood planks of their coffins must have been imported to the treeless desert region from hundreds of kilometers away.
From Science Magazine • Apr. 13, 2023
Here are some great Washington fall drives to enjoy bright yellow and orange bigleaf maples, fiery-red vine maples, larch boughs wrapped with golden boas, butter-colored cottonwoods, and berry shrubs aflame with blushing leaves.
From Seattle Times • Oct. 12, 2022
The European larch and the tamarack are examples of deciduous conifers.
From Textbooks • Apr. 25, 2013
A long whippy larch branch sprang forward suddenly.
From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques
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