larch

[ lahrch ]

/ lɑrtʃ /

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noun

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

the wood of such a tree.

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Origin of larch

1540–50; earlier larche<Middle High German ≪ Latin laric- (stem of larix) larch

OTHER WORDS FROM larch

larcher, adjective

Words nearby larch

larboard, LARC, larcener, larcenous, larceny, larch, Larch River, larch sawfly, lard, lardaceous, lardass

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How to use larch in a sentence

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.
How to Make Your Leaf-Peeping Hike Taste Like Fall, Too|awise|October 26, 2021|Outside Online
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.
The 25 Best Fall Trips in the World|jversteegh|August 9, 2021|Outside Online
It’s about history and Meriwether Lewis and how larch trees grew to be giants.
The backstory for ‘A River Runs Through It’ has arrived, 45 years later|Nick Ehli|June 3, 2021|Washington Post
Their house sits in a thick forest of larches, firs, and pines overlooking a rolling meadow where elk graze in the spring.
Watching My Dad Die Changed My Life|Cascade Tuholske|May 20, 2021|Outside Online

A little distance off, the feathery branches of a larch waved softly to and fro in the scarcely perceptible night-breeze.
Ruth|Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell
The darkness drew her, and she thought of climbing the hill and plunging into the depths of the larch-wood above the pasture.
Summer|Edith Wharton
His duties keep him at present at the Larch-tree hacienda, where there is going to be a grand hunt in a few days.
The Border Rifles|Gustave Aimard
Construction: diagonal principle, Dantzic oak without, horizontal planking of Italian larch.
Yachting Vol. 2|Various.
And so, as that stronghold was called Larignum, the wood was called larch.
Ten Books on Architecture|Vitruvius

British Dictionary definitions for larch

larch

/ (lɑːtʃ) /

noun

any coniferous tree of the genus Larix, having deciduous needle-like leaves and egg-shaped cones: family Pinaceae

the wood of any of these trees

Word Origin for larch

C16: from German Lärche, ultimately from Latin larix

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