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larch

[ lahrch ]

noun

  1. any coniferous tree of the genus Larix, yielding a tough durable wood.
  2. the wood of such a tree.


larch

/ lɑːtʃ /

noun

  1. any coniferous tree of the genus Larix, having deciduous needle-like leaves and egg-shaped cones: family Pinaceae
  2. the wood of any of these trees
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Other Words From

  • larcher adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of larch1

1540–50; earlier larche < Middle High German Latin laric- (stem of larix ) larch
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Word History and Origins

Origin of larch1

C16: from German Lärche, ultimately from Latin larix
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Example Sentences

It was time to marvel again at the aspens and larches in the West or the kaleidoscopic swirl of maples and oaks in the East.

While most of Central Oregon is swathed in ponderosa pine and juniper, the greater Sisters area also boasts an abundance of aspens and western larch trees that are ablaze in color each fall.

It’s about history and Meriwether Lewis and how larch trees grew to be giants.

Their house sits in a thick forest of larches, firs, and pines overlooking a rolling meadow where elk graze in the spring.

A little distance off, the feathery branches of a larch waved softly to and fro in the scarcely perceptible night-breeze.

The darkness drew her, and she thought of climbing the hill and plunging into the depths of the larch-wood above the pasture.

His duties keep him at present at the Larch-tree hacienda, where there is going to be a grand hunt in a few days.

Construction: diagonal principle, Dantzic oak without, horizontal planking of Italian larch.

And so, as that stronghold was called Larignum, the wood was called larch.

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